Tornier Perform® Reversed Glenoid DWJ338Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 7 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00846832089307), received between Apr 13, 2023 and Mar 2, 2026 — classified as 6 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (2 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 7 most recent of 7 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMar 2, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY. PATIENT HAD SHOWN SIGNS OF INFECTION AND WAS DRAINING FROM THE HEALED INCISION SITE. NO INSTABILITY WAS REPORTED OR OBSERVED. CULTURES WERE PERFORMED INTRAOPERATIVELY. THE PATIENTS 3YR OLD WOUND WAS DRAINING FOR THE LAST 3-4 WEEKS AND THE DOCTOR DECIDED TO REMOVE ALL THE IMPLANTS AND IMPLANT AN ANTIBIOTIC SPACER.

  Patient problems: Fluid Discharge; Post Operative Wound Infection

  MAUDE report 24482499 ↗
• InjuryJul 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO ALLEGED PAIN AND SUPERIOR MIGRATION OF THE GLENOID IMPLANT.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 22375914 ↗
• InjuryJul 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO ALLEGED PAIN AND SUPERIOR MIGRATION OF THE GLENOID IMPLANT.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 22375912 ↗
• InjuryMay 16, 2024Break; Fracture; Migration; Break; Fracture; Migration

  THE PRIMARY REVERSE PROCEDURE EMPLOYED TORNIER IMPLANTS, INCLUDING THE SHOULDER ID BASEPLATE AND PERFORM HUMERAL. THE OBSERVED BASEPLATE FAILURE IS ATTRIBUTED TO LIKELY OVER-LATERALIZATION, STEMMING FROM THE THICKNESS OF THE SHOULDER ID BASEPLATE AND A LATERALIZED GLENOSPHERE. THE SCREW ALSO HAD A BREAKAGE.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 19328764 ↗
• InjuryFeb 26, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE REVISION SURGERY WAS CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO AN INFECTION. AN UPDATE PROVIDED INDICATES A LACK OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE LOT NUMBERS FOR THE SCREWS USED. HOWEVER, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE INFECTION APPEARED TO BE LOCALIZED, AND THE PROCEDURE INVOLVED WASHING OUT AND EXCHANGING PARTS.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 18784091 ↗
• InjuryJun 29, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SUPERFICIAL INFECTION. THE PHYSICIAN TREATED THE INFECTION WITH IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT WITH SALINE AND VANCOMYCIN POWDER. ALL THE HARDWARE WAS LEFT IN THE PATIENT AS THE DOCTOR DEEMED THE INFECTION WAS NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THE IMPLANTS. THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 17233564 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 13, 2023Break; Fracture; Break; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A SCREW BROKE WHILE TRYING TO BACK IT OUT. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT BROKEN HALF OF THE SCREW WAS LEFT IMPLANTED. THE REMAINING HALF WAS REMOVED AND WILL BE RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16738475 ↗