title: Follow-up results 20 years after surgical treatment of habitual ventral shoulder luxation using the Eden-Lange technique.
abstract: After undergoing an operation according to the Eden-Lange technique, 56 patients with recurrent anterior shoulder luxation were re-examined clinically at an average follow-up period of 20 years. The mean age of the patients at the time of the operation was 24.9 years; the ratio of male to female patients was 2.3:1. The Ellman score (maximum of 27 points), stability tests, reluxation rate and X-ray examinations served as re-examination criteria. The mean score for the Ellmann test was 18.3 points; 29 patients had ventral instability. In the meantime 11 shoulders had redislocated. Fifty-one patients had arthrotic alterations in the operated shoulder. Because of the unsatisfactory functional and radiographical results, the Eden-Lange technique can no longer be accepted as the only treatment of choice for anterior shoulder dislocation.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Bethlehem Hospital, Stolberg, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neusel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bläsius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012008:Recurrence; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors