title: The diagnostic value of arthroscopy in glenohumeral instability.
abstract: Over a six-year period, 166 shoulder arthroscopies were performed in 153 patients with symptoms of subluxation, but no firm evidence of dislocation and no clear-cut clinical diagnosis. Arthroscopy confirmed the working diagnosis in 133 shoulders (80%), but changed it in 33 (20%). In 26 shoulders the presumed direction of instability was changed and in seven a different diagnosis was made. Arthroscopy was particularly helpful for patients with shoulder instability of uncertain type or direction.
authors.affiliation: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, England.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fogg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hokan
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Bayley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis; D012785:Shoulder Joint