Abstract
Shoulder arthroscopy has become a valuable method for the diagnosis and treatment of this region’s injuries. The aim of this study is to present our experience on this procedure in young adults who are subjected in special training.
During last year, in our clinic underwent arthroscopy 15 men with history of shoulder injury. Eleven of them suffered from anterior recurrent shoulder dislocation and the rest four had only one incident of injury. All patients were military personnel and were operated for the first time after a period of conservative treatment. Imaging control included magnetic resonance in 8 recruits. In all patients with chronic anterior instability a typical Bankart lesion was found. Two of them had also bone deficit of the glenoid, seven had Hill Sachs lesion and three had type II slap lesion. Bankart lesion was treated with Mitek anchors in 4 patients arthroscopically. The rest underwent open procedure. In those patients with one episode of injury were found: small detachment of anterior labrum in one, which was treated arthroscopically with debridement of the chondral surface, traumatic synovitis in another and partial tear of the rotator cuff in two, which was sutured by open procedure.
Our experience in this small series shows that shoulder arthroscopy is not only a useful diagnostic method but also an effective, whenever indications are present, surgical method of rehabilitation.
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