Intraarticular pathology in acute, first-time anterior shoulder dislocation: an arthroscopic study.

Abstract

Intraarticular soft tissue damage after first-time, acute shoulder dislocation has been poorly described in the literature. The present study describes 24 cases of first-time anterior shoulder dislocation that all were evaluated under anesthesia and examined via arthroscopy. All shoulders sustaining anterior dislocation show Bankart and Hill-Sachs lesions. They also show anterior instability. The arthroscopic findings were uniform and therefore cannot be used as predictors for future development of recurrent instability.

• Authors: R Norlin
• Journal: Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association (Arthroscopy) Vol. 9 Issue 5 Pg. 546-9 ( 1993) ISSN: 0749-8063 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7818617 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Arthroscopy
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Joint Instability (pathology, surgery)
• Ligaments, Articular (injuries, pathology, surgery)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Recurrence
• Shoulder Dislocation (pathology, surgery)