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AEQUALIS™ PerFORM DWE423Recalls & reported problems

Tornier · Class 2 · Implant

All models of AEQUALIS PerFORM (16)

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
2
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
2
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03700386937538), received between Jan 16, 2018 and Aug 27, 2020 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (1 report).

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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
  • Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth1

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1
  • Joint Laxity1
  • Pain1
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryAug 27, 2020Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

    COMPONENT LOOSENING; PATIENT COMPLAINING OF SEVERE PAIN. XRAYS SHOW A LOOSE GLENOID COMPONENT. PATIENT WILL BE WORKED UP FOR INFECTION AND GET A CT SCAN AND LIKELY PLAN FOR A REVISION SURGERY. ONGOING ADVERSE EVENT.

    Patient problems: Joint Laxity; Pain; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 10460198 ↗
  • InjuryJan 16, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THE SURGEON PREPARED THE GLENOID FOR AN L60 CORTILOC GLENOID AND THE TRIAL SEATED FLUSH WITH THE BONE. WHEN HE WENT TO SEAT THE FINAL IMPLANT, IT WOULD NOT SIT FLUSH WITH THE BONE. HE TRIED TO GET IT SEATED WITHOUT SUCCESS AND ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO PULL IT OUT AND IT CAME OUT FAIRLY EASILY. UPON INSPECTION, THE SURGEON OBSERVED THE INFERIOR-POSTERIOR PEG WAS BENT AND CONCLUDED THIS WAS THE ISSUE. THE SURGEON REMOVED THE CEMENT AND RE-PREPPED THE GLENOID FOR AN L50 WHICH ADDED 20 MINUTES APPROXIMATELY TO THE SURGERY.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 7193172 ↗

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