• Umile Giuseppe Longo, Mauro Ciuffreda, Joel Locher, Carlo Casciaro, Nicholas Mannering, Nicola Maffulli, and Vincenzo Denaro.
• Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Trigoria, Rome, Italy.
• Br. Med. Bull. 2020 Jul 9; 134 (1): 34-53.

IntroductionThis review aims to provide information on outcomes of surgical procedures for soft tissue or bony glenoid and/or humeral abnormalities in case of posterior shoulder instability.Source Of DataA systematic review of the literature according to the PRISMA guidelines was performed. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, Embase, Ovid and Google Scholar databases using various combinations of the keywords 'shoulder', 'posterior instability', 'dislocation', 'reversed bony bankart', 'reversed Hill Sachs', and 'capsulolabral' was performed.Areas Of AgreementA total of 847 shoulders in 810 patients were included. A redislocation event occurred in 33 (8.7%) of 411 shoulders with soft tissue abnormalities and in 12 (9.1%) of 132 shoulders with bony abnormalities of the glenoid, humeral head or both.Areas Of ControversyThe optimal treatment modalities for posterior shoulder dislocation remain to be defined.Growing PointsOperative stabilization for posterior shoulder instability should be lesion-specific and should correct all components of the posterior instability.Areas Timely For Developing ResearchFuture prospective studies should aim to establish the optimal treatment modalities for posterior shoulder instability.© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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