title: A novel flexible drill device enabling arthroscopic transosseous repair of Bankart lesions.
abstract: We have developed a flexible drill device that makes arthroscopic transosseous repair possible, and report preliminary results. Twelve patients with post-traumatic anterior inferior glenohumeral instability were selected.
  
  
  
  the flexible drill device is inserted into the shoulder joint through the posterior portal and the guide pipe unit is placed 5mm posterior to the margin of the anterior glenoid rim. The flexible drill is driven through the glenoid with the power drill, creating a hole in the glenoid. A non-absorbable suture is passed through the hole and a sliding knot tying is performed over the capsule and labrum after completing stitches with the suture hook loaded. The same procedures are repeated in the 2, 3 and 4 o'clock positions of the glenoid. There was no recurrence of dislocation at the mean follow-up period of 52.3 months. The mean Rowe score was 89.5.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Y-Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Won
authors.affiliation: Hallym university, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, 07441 Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jspark@hallym.or.kr.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Hallym university, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, 07441 Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Hallym university, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, 07441 Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D000070896:Bankart Lesions / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bankart lesion; Flexible drill; Transosseous repair