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Long-term outcome of a transglenoid suture technique for anterior shoulder instability in young adults

¹ Töölö Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, PO Box 266, Helsinki, FIN-0029, Finland.
² Centre for Military Medicine, PO Box 50, FIN-00301 Helsinki, Finland.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr H. K. Pihlajamäki; e-mail: harri.pihlajamaki{at}helsinki.fi

We reviewed the outcome of arthroscopic stabilisation of anterior glenohumeral instability in young adults using the transglenoid suture technique. A questionnaire was sent to 455 consecutive patients who had undergone this procedure between 1992 and 2000. Of these, 312 patients (68.5%) with 313 affected shoulders and a mean age of 20 years (18 to 28) responded.

Outcome was determined by the number of re-dislocations or, in patients who had not re-dislocated, by the disease-specific quality of life as measured by the Western Ontario Shoulder Instability index. During a mean follow-up of 6.4 years (1 to 14), 177 patients (56%) sustained a re-dislocation, including 70 who required a further operation. In 136 patients (44%) who reported neither re-dislocation nor re-operation, the index scores were good (median 90.4%; 28.9% to 100%). No significant peri- or pre-operative predictors of re-dislocation or re-operation were found.

We found a high rate of re-dislocation after transglenoid suture repair in young, physically active patients.