Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short term results of arthroscopic Bankart repair using suture anchor device , in athletes with initial traumatic anterior dislocation of the shoulder. We retrospectively studied thirteen athletes (12 males and a female) ranging from 16 to 25 years of age (average, 20.5 years of age). The mean term from initial dislocation to operation was 18.8 days (5-32). The mean follow-up was at 20.5 months (range 4-53 months) after surgery. We performed arthroscopic Bankart repair for 5 cases using 2 to 4 (average, 3.6) Panalok suture anchors and for 8 cases using 2 to 4 (average, 3.1) Panalok loop anchors that 1 more suture was added to (1 anchor 2 sutures method). We evaluated the rate of return to preoperative sports activities and the rate of recurrences after surgery. The clinical evaluations were performed using the JSS shoulder instability score instability score) and Rowe score. All cases returned to their preoperative sports level from 3 to 8 months (average 4.8 months). At the time of the last investigation, the average instability score was 97.9 points (86-100), the average Rowe score was 97.7 points 90-100) and all of the cases had a rating of excellent. The short term results of arthroscopic Bankart repair for athletes with initial traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation was satisfactory. It was important to do primary repair in young athletes of 1st-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation.
