Thai Q Trinh, Micah B Naimark, Asheesh Bedi, James E Carpenter, Christopher B Robbins, John A Grant, Bruce S Miller, Shannon Ortiz, Matthew J Bollier, John E Kuhn, Charlie L Cox, C Benjamin Ma, Brain T Feeley, Alan L Zhang, Eric C McCarty, Jonathan T Bravman, Julie Y Bishop, Grant L Jones, Robert H Brophy, Rick W Wright, Matthew V Smith, Robert G Marx, Keith M Baumgarten, Brian R Wolf, Carolyn M Hettrich, Bruce S Miller
BACKGROUND: Traumatic anterior shoulder instability is a common condition affecting sports participation among young athletes. Clinical outcomes after surgical management may vary according to patient activity level and sport involvement. Overhead athletes may experience a higher rate of recurrent instability and difficulty returning to sport postoperatively with limited previous literature to guide treatment. PURPOSE: To report the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing primary arthroscopic anterior shoulder stabilization within the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Shoulder Instability Consortium and to identify prognostic factors associated with successful return to sport at 2 years postoperatively...
May 2019: American Journal of Sports Medicine