Introduction
Materials and methods
Surgical technique
Patient evaluation
Statistical analysis
Results
Number of patients | |
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Patients available for f-up | 90 |
Sex F/M | 10 (11.1%)/80 (88.9%) |
Dominant arm | 55 (61.1%) |
Pain during live activity | 22 (24.4%) |
Laxity | 55 (61.1%) |
Mean value | Median | Range values | SD | |
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Age at first episode (years) | 21.2 | 20 | 13–40 | 5.2 |
Age at surgery (years) | 26.2 | 26 | 16–44 | 5.6 |
Follow-up (months) | 23.7 | 24 | 13–50 | 7.1 |
Time to surgery (months) | 59 | 46 | 4–228 | 47.6 |
Number of dislocations | 4 | 3 | 0–40 | 7 |
Number of subluxations | 13 | 5 | 0–100 | 20 |
Walch–Duplay score | 21 | 25 | − 10 to 40 | 9 |
Rowe score | 27 | 30 | 0–40 | 6 |
Intraoperative data
Number of patients | Type of lesions and complications | |
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Concomitant injuries | 9 (10%) | 4 SLAP lesions 1 partial supraspinatus tear 1 SLAP lesion with loose bodies 1 loose body 1 posterior labrum tear 1 isolated LHB tendon tear 73 HS type I (81.1%) 17 HS type II (18.9%) |
Intraoperative complications | 8 (8.9%) | 1 medial cutaneous antebrachial nerve injury 1 graft breakage at the proximal hole level, fixed with 1 screw 2 graft ventral side infractions without any influence on final fixation 1 superior screw fixed too deep in the graft due to poor bone quality* 2 distal cortices destroyed whilst drilling a distal hole in the graft* 1 distal screw poor fixation* |
Clinical results
Mean value | Median | Range values | SD | |
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Walch–Duplay score | 79 | 80 | 0–100 | 19 |
Rowe score | 81 | 82 | 15–100 | 19 |
Satisfaction (%) | 92 | 100 | 40–100 | 14 |
SSV (%) | 90 | 90 | 30–100 | 12 |
Flexion (°) | 177 | 180 | 70–180 | 12 |
Abduction (°) | 177 | 180 | 70–180 | 13 |
ER1 (°) | 59 | 60 | 10–90 | 20 |
Delta ER1 (°) | 15 | 10 | 0–70 | 17 |
ER2 (°) | 82 | 85 | 30–95 | 10 |
Delta ER2 (°) | 6 | 5 | 0–60 | 9 |
VAS | 1 | 0 | 0–8 | 2 |
Number of patients | |
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Subjective return to sport anxiety | 41 (45.6%) |
Recurrence | 3 (3.3%) |
Revision | 9 (10%) |
Walch–Duplay | Rowe | SSV | |
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Flexion | R = 0.4 p = 0.00005 | R = 0.4 p = 0.00013 | R = 0.3 p = 0.00906 |
Abduction | R = 0.3 p = 0.0003 | R = 0.4 p = 0.00017 | R = 0.3 p = 0.0048 |
Delta ER1 | R = − 0.6 p = 0.0 | R = − 0.5 p = 0.0 | R = − 0.4 p = 0.0 |
Number of patients | Problem | Type of revision surgery |
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3 | Recurrence | 2 iliac crest bone grafts 1 remplissage procedure (graft healed and intact) |
2 | Graft osteolysis and screw loosening | Screw removal |
1 | Frozen shoulder | Arthroscopic arthrolysis |
1 | Posterior labrum injury—new trauma | Posterior labrum repair |
2 | Discomfort in the infraspinatus area—screw protrusion | 1 screw removal 1 patient is hesitating (potentially screw removal) |
CT measurement reliability
Computed tomography evaluation
Number of patients | |
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Graft healing | 81 (95.3%) |
Total graft lysis | 1 (1.2%) |
Superior screw—graft lysis | 55 (64.7%) |
Inferior screw—graft lysis | 2 (2.3%) |
Graft pseudoarthrosis | 2 (2.3%) |
Graft fracture | 2 (2.3%) |
Graft position | Number of patients |
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Flush | 34 (40.5%) |
Medial | 34 (40.5%) |
Lateral | 16 (19%) |
Medial > 4 mm | 10 (11.9%) |
Lateral > 2 mm | 7 (8.3%) |
Glenoid zones | Number of patients |
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1–3 | 11 (13.1%) |
2–4 | 25 (29.8%) |
3–5 | 45 (53.6%) |
4–6 | 3 (3.6%) |
Mean value | Median | Range values | SD | |
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Superior screw angle (°) | 14.1 | 12.5 | 0–42.4 | 9.0 |
Inferior screw angle (°) | 14.2 | 12.6 | 0–40 | 9.1 |
Superior screw-equator angle (°) | 17.6 | 16.7 | 0–41 | 7.8 |
Inferior screw-equator angle (°) | 17.5 | 16.7 | 0–41 | 8.0 |
Superior screw protrusion (mm) | 6.2 | 6 | 0-17.5 | 4.6 |
Inferior screw protrusion (mm) | 4.7 | 5 | 0–14 | 3.7 |
Number of patients | |
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Screw fractures | 3 (3.5%) |
Superior screw loosening | 7 (8.2%) |
Inferior screw loosening | 2 (2.3%) |
Both screws loosening | 1 (1.2%) |