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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVIII | Pages 169 - 169
1 Sep 2012
Gerson JN Kodali P Fening SD Miniaci A Jones M
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Purpose

The presence of a Hill-Sachs lesion is a major contributor to failure of surgical intervention following anterior shoulder dislocation. The relationship between lesion size, measured on pre-operative MRI, and risk of recurrent instability after surgery has not previously been defined.

Hypothesis: We hypothesized that the size of Hill-Sachs lesions on pre-op MRI would be greater among patients who failed soft tissue stabilization when compared to patients who did not fail. We also hypothesized that the existence of a glenoid lesion would lead to failure with smaller Hill-Sachs lesions.

Method

Nested case-control analysis of 114 patients was performed to evaluate incidence of failure after soft tissue stabilization. Successful follow-up of at least 24 months was made with 91 patients (80%). Patients with recurrent instability after surgery were compared to randomly selected age and sex matched controls in a 1:1 ratio. Pre-operative sagittal and axial MRI series were analyzed for presence of Hill-Sachs lesions, and maximum edge-to-edge length and depth as well as location of the lesion related to the bicipital groove (axial) and humeral shaft (sagittal) were measured.