Anterior Shoulder Instability in the Military Athlete.
BACKGROUND
Given its young, predominately male demographics and intense physical demands, the US military remains an ideal cohort for the study of anterior shoulder instability.


METHODS
A literature search of PubMed, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Database was performed to identify all peer-reviewed publications from 1950 to 2016 from US military orthopaedic surgeons focusing on the management of anterior shoulder instability.


METHODS
Clinical review.


METHODS
Level 4.


RESULTS
The incidence of anterior shoulder instability events in the military occurs at an order of magnitude greater than in civilian populations, with rates as high as 3% per year among high-risk groups. With more than 90% risk of a Bankart lesion and high risk for instability recurrence, the military has advocated for early intervention of first-time shoulder instability while documenting up to 76% relative risk reduction versus nonoperative treatment. Preoperative evaluation with advanced radiographic imaging should be used to evaluate for attritional bone loss or "off-track" engaging defects to guide comprehensive surgical management. With complex recurrent shoulder instability and/or cases of clinically significant osseous lesions, potential options such as remplissage, anterior open capsular procedures, or bone augmentation procedures may be preferentially considered.


CONCLUSIONS
Careful risk stratification, clinical evaluation, and selective surgical management for at-risk military patients with anterior shoulder instability can optimize the recurrence risk and functional outcome in this population.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas.
Brian
B
Waterman
Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.
Brett D
BD
Owens
Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, Greenville, South Carolina.
John M
JM
Tokish
D001182:Arthroscopy; D056352:Athletes; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012008:Recurrence; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
anterior; dislocation; military; shoulder instability; subluxation
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