title: Recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder. A comparison of the results after the Bankart and the Putti-Platt procedures.
abstract: A retrospective comparison of the results after the Bankart and the Putti-Platt procedures in the treatment of recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder showed no significant differences in the rate of redislocation or in the limitation of outward rotation. The dislocation recurrence rate after surgery was 13% for the Bankart procedure and 22% for the Putti-Platt procedure. Only 67% of the patients were satisfied with the operation. The poor results seem to be due to the fact that the operations were performed by 16 different surgeons who had varying approaches to the operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Varmarken
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000601:surgery*