There are many reports concerning operations on recurrent shoulder dislocation and most have given satisfactory results.
Here the post o perative results, in sports activities were examined.
From 1983 to 1989, operations were performed by Bristow ' s procedure on 138 shoulders in 136cases.65 cases were further examined ( 59 men and 6 women ). The initial dislocation of the shoulder occurred at the average age of 18.8 years. The average period of fime between the initial dislocation and the operation was 4.6 years. The average age of those being operated on was 22.8 years. During that period, the average number of times of a shoulder dislocation was 8.2 times.
Apprehension and pain in the post operative shoulder joints disappeared. The range of motion of the shoulder was well preserved, the external rotation of the shoulder was 90°, which was only on average 8° limitation. Among the followed cases, there were 3 cases of re-dislocation,2 cases of non -union,7 cases of dinlodged screws,1 case of snapped screw and 1 case of nerve paralysis. Out of the 65 cases, rugby had the most cases with 45 cases.
