Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Feb 2016
Biography Historical ArticleThe Bristow-Latarjet procedure, a historical note on a technique in comeback.
The Bristow-Latarjet procedure is a well-known surgical technique designed to treat shoulder instability. In this procedure, the coracoid process is transferred to the glenoid rim, to serve as augmentation of an associated bony defect. ⋯ The aim of this study is to provide a historical overview, with emphasis on the original inventors Bristow and Latarjet, the complications and following modifications regarding the surgical approach, the coracoid transfer and the arthroscopic technique. Level of evidence V.
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Feb 2016
Historical ArticleHistory of shoulder instability surgery.
The surgical management of shoulder instability is an expanding and increasingly complex area of study within orthopaedics. This article describes the history and evolution of shoulder instability surgery, examining the development of its key principles, the currently accepted concepts and available surgical interventions. ⋯ IV.
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Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc · Feb 2016
Primary anterior dislocation of the shoulder: long-term prognosis at the age of 40 years or younger.
We describe the long-term prognosis in 257 first-time anterior shoulder dislocations (255 patients, aged 12-40 years) registered at 27 Swedish emergency units between 1978 and 1979. ⋯ Almost half of all first-time dislocations at the age of <25 years will have stabilising surgery and two-thirds will develop different stages of arthropathy within 25 years.