PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to report on a difficult patient population and to critically evaluate the role of revision arthroscopic stabilization surgery. METHODS Eighteen patients with failed traumatic instability repairs were treated with revision arthroscopic labral fixation and plication with a mean follow-up of 29.7 months (range, 24 to 48 months). There were 15 male patients ...

BACKGROUND Recurrent instability following a first-time anterior traumatic shoulder dislocation may exceed 26%. We systematically reviewed risk factors which predispose this population to events of recurrence. METHODS A systematic review of studies published before 1 July 2014. Risk factors which predispose recurrence following a first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation were documen...

Little attention has been focused on the most common risk factors for post-operative glenohumeral arthropathy in patients undergoing open and arthroscopic stabilization. We performed a literature search using Medline, Cochrane and Google Scholar using the keywords: 'Shoulder instability surgery' in combination with 'glenohumeral osteoarthrosis', 'recurrent shoulder dislocation' in combination w...

The long head of the biceps tendon plays an important role in shoulder stability and its functional absence has been shown to contribute to glenohumeral instability. Congenital absence of the long head to the biceps tendon is rare, although described in the literature. We report the case of an 18-year-old recreational athlete with recurrent shoulder instability and congenital absence of the lon...

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY The glenohumeral joint is one of great mobility facilitated through the complex interplay of soft tissue and osseous anatomy. Arthroscopic shoulder stabilization has become the standard of care in the surgical management of glenohumeral instability. However, the management of the unstable shoulder associated w...