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Anterior Shoulder Stabilization in Collision Athletes

Arthroscopic Versus Open Bankart Repair

Yong Girl Rhee, MD^*,, Jeong Han Ha, MD and Nam Su Cho, MD

From the Shoulder & Elbow Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, Korea

^* Address correspondence to Yong Girl Rhee, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea (e-mail: shoulderrhee{at}hanmail.net).

Background: Collision athletes are reported to be at high risk for redislocation after anterior stabilization of shoulder instability. Some authors have suggested that arthroscopic stabilization produces results similar to those of open stabilization.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of anterior shoulder stabilization in collision athletes and to compare the clinical results between the arthroscopic and open methods.

Hypothesis: Open stabilization might produce better results than does arthroscopic stabilization in collision athletes.

Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods: Forty-eight shoulders of 46 collision athletes were enrolled for this study. The mean age of the patients at the time of surgery was 20 years, and the mean follow-up period was 72 months (range, 30–136 months). Sixteen shoulders underwent arthroscopic stabilization; 32 shoulders had open repairs.

Results: Visual analog scale, Rowe, and Constant scores improved after surgery, but no statistically significant difference was found between the arthroscopic and open repair groups. Thirty-seven athletes (83%) returned to near-preinjury sports activity levels ( 90% recovery) after operation. Two patients (4%) had subluxation and 6 (12.5%) had redislocation after surgery. The number of shoulders with postoperative subluxation or dislocation was 4 (25%) in the arthroscopic group and 4 (12.5%) in the open group (P = .041). Revision surgery was performed on 5 shoulders (10.4%).

Conclusions: There were 8 (16.5%) instances of postoperative instability among the collision athletes studied. The arthroscopic group yielded a higher failure rate than did the open group. The authors believe open stabilization to be a more reliable method for anterior shoulder instability in collision athletes.

Key Words: shoulder • anterior instability • collision athletes

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