J E Tibone, C Prietto, F W Jobe, R W Kerlan, V S Carter, C L Shields, S J Lombardo, H R Collins, L A Yocum
Recurrent posterior shoulder dislocation or subluxation is uncommon but occurs occasionally in athletes. Ten patients were treated with a posterior shoulder staple capsulorrhaphy. A posterior Bankhart-type-lesion was found in all cases. Eight of the 10 patients had pain relief. The range of motion was usually maintained postoperatively, but no patient returned to his former throwing status. Four patients also had anterior instability. Three patients (30%) had postoperative recurrence of their posterior instability...
May 1981: American Journal of Sports Medicine