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GLOBAL AP 1130-44-600Recalls & reported problems

Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · GLOBAL AP HUMERAL HEAD ECCENTRIC SIZE 44 x 15 · Class 2 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
5
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
5
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295005872), received between Oct 14, 2020 and May 30, 2025 — classified as 5 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (4 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.

Reports received per month

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Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Device Dislodged or Dislocated4
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Joint Dislocation4
  • No Code Available1
  • Unspecified Tissue Injury1

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryMay 30, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION FOR HUMERAL HEAD REPLACEMENT. GLOBAL AP HUMERAL HEAD DOWNSIZED FOR A RIGHT SHOULDER OPEN SUBSCAPULARIS REPAIR. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SUBSCAPULARIS REPAIR AND TORN RCR WERE RELATED TO PATIENT FACTORS - THE ROTATOR CUFF OF WHICH SUBSCAPULARIS IS PART WILL DEGRADE AND TEAR OVER TIME.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Tissue Injury

    MAUDE report 22112899 ↗
  • InjuryAug 17, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    DR. (B)(6) ELECTED TO PERFORM A LEFT SHOULDER REVISION ARTHROPLASTY ON A PATIENT WHO HE PERFORMED A PRIMARY TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY ON AT (B)(6) ON (B)(6) 2010. DR. (B)(6) NOTED THAT THE PATIENT PERFORMED WELL POST OPERATIVELY AFTER HER PRIMARY SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY UNTIL 2018 WHEN SHE EXPERIENCE SEVERAL DISLOCATIONS. DR. (B)(6) DID NOT SPECIFY THE EXACT NUMBER OF DISLOCATIONS OF THE LEFT SHOULDER. DOI: (B)(6) 2010 DOR: 2018 LEFT SHOULDER.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 12330424 ↗
  • InjuryAug 12, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    SURGEON ELECTED TO PERFORM A LEFT SHOULDER REVISION ARTHROPLASTY ON A PATIENT WHO HE PERFORMED A PRIMARY TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2010. SURGEON NOTED THAT THE PATIENT PERFORMED WELL POST OPERATIVELY AFTER HER PRIMARY SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY UNTIL 2018 WHEN SHE EXPERIENCE SEVERAL DISLOCATIONS. SURGEON DID NOT SPECIFY THE EXACT NUMBER OF DISLOCATIONS OF THE LEFT SHOULDER. MOST RECENT DISLOCATION HAPPENED ON (B)(6) 2021 AND DOCTOR NOTED THEY HAD DIFFICULTY REDUCING THE PATIENT¿S SHOULDER THIS TIME BUT WERE SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING IT. AFTERWARDS HE SAW THE PATIENT IN CLINIC AND TOOK FILMS WHICH SHOWED A SEPARATION OF THE HUMERAL IMPLANT AT THE 135 DEGREE TAPERED NECK SPACER AND THE HUMERAL STEM. THE TAPERED SPACER AND HUMERAL HEAD CONSTRUCT REMAINED INTACT. DOCTOR THEN ELECTED TO REVISE THE PATIENT¿S SHOULDER DUE TO THE SEPARATION ON WEDNESDAY, (B)(6) 2021 AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL. UPON EXPOSURE TO THE LEFT SHOULDER CUFF SURGEON FELT THE CUFF WAS COMPROMISED SEVERELY ENOUGH TO WARRANT A REVERSE SHOULDER REPLACEMENT THUS REQUIRING ALL PRIMARY COMPONENTS TO BE REVISED. DOCTOR WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE TAPERED NECK SPACER AND HUMERAL HEAD CONSTRUCT WITH HIS HAND. HE THEN USED OSTEOTOMES,

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 12317081 ↗
  • InjuryAug 12, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    SURGEON ELECTED TO PERFORM A LEFT SHOULDER REVISION ARTHROPLASTY ON A PATIENT WHO HE PERFORMED A PRIMARY TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2010. SURGEON NOTED THAT THE PATIENT PERFORMED WELL POST OPERATIVELY AFTER HER PRIMARY SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY UNTIL 2018 WHEN SHE EXPERIENCE SEVERAL DISLOCATIONS. SURGEON DID NOT SPECIFY THE EXACT NUMBER OF DISLOCATIONS OF THE LEFT SHOULDER. MOST RECENT DISLOCATION HAPPENED ON (B)(6) 2021 AND DOCTOR NOTED THEY HAD DIFFICULTY REDUCING THE PATIENT¿S SHOULDER THIS TIME BUT WERE SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING IT. DOI: (B)(6) 2010 DOR: (B)(6) 2021.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 12315918 ↗
  • InjuryOct 14, 2020Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    PATIENT RECEIVED TOTAL LEFT SHOULDER INDEX SURGERY. DR. HAD TO CLOSE REDUCE THE PATIENT'S LEFT SHOULDER DUE TO A POSTERIOR DISLOCATION OF THE HUMERAL HEAD ON (B)(6) 2019. DR ELECTED TO REVISE THE PATIENTS LEFT SHOULDER FROM AN ANATOMIC TO A REVERSE SHOULDER ON (B)(6) 2020. DR. REMOVED THE INDEX COMPONENTS. ALL WERE WELL FIXED. THERE WERE NO LOOSE COMPONENTS. THERE WAS NO MENTION BY ANYONE THAT THE COMPONENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEED TO REVISE THE SHOULDER. NO PIECES OR INSTRUMENTS BROKE DURING THE CASE AND THERE WAS NO EXTENSION IN TIME AS A RESULT OF DEPUY PRODUCTS.

    Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; No Code Available

    MAUDE report 10680434 ↗

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