Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery
Original ArticleClinical Results of Arthroscopic Bankart Repair With Knot-Tying and Knotless Suture Anchors
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Patient Demographics
We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair with the use of knot-tying suture anchors or knotless suture anchors between August 2001 and September 2002. Medical records and intraoperative arthroscopic photographs of 123 shoulders in 117 patients were reviewed. Patients who had a classic Bankart lesion with good remaining labrum were included. Those with a bony Bankart lesion, an anterior labroligamentous periosteal sleeve avulsion (ALPSA)-like lesion, humeral
Results
Patient demographic information is provided in Table 1.
Discussion
The goal of the Bankart repair is to restore the attachment of the labral/capsular ligaments to the anterior and inferior glenoid rim. Proper repair results in a painless, nondislocating, nonsubluxating shoulder with adequate strength and nearly full range of motion. The Bankart procedure provides consistent and reliable results in eliminating anteroinferior instability and 93% to 97% good to excellent results.11, 12, 13 Arthroscopic repair with the use of suture anchors has the potential to
Conclusions
The knot-tying and knotless suture anchor groups showed improvement in postoperative shoulder scores after arthroscopic Bankart repair. However, results after the knotless technique was used were unsatisfactory in comparison with outcomes in the standard suture anchor group, particularly in terms of redislocation rate.
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The authors report no conflict of interest.