Surgical treatment outcomes after primary vs recurrent anterior shoulder instability.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of surgical management after primary anterior shoulder dislocation to the outcomes of patients who have surgical stabilization after recurrent anterior shoulder instability.

Methods

A Medline (PubMed) search was performed in November of 2016 using the following key terms: shoulder, labrum, Bankart, instability, repair, outcome, recurrent. In May 2017 a Cochrane search was performed using similar key terms to ensure we included all studies. Only level I and II studies were included.

Results

There were three studies that compared primary repair to delayed repair. In all three studies, the rate of recurrence was higher in group R than group S. When pooled, there was not a statistically significant difference b

SUBMITTER: Barlow JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383179 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature