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Open ‘Bankart’ repair for recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder
The young patient, under 22 years old, presenting with a dislocated shoulder due to trauma such as a rugby injury, is at a high risk of between 47% and 60% of sustaining another dislocation following a further relatively trivial injury. The reason for this is now felt to be due to the ‘Bankart lesion’
This lesion is seen in over 85% of cases after a traumatic anterior dislocation. To understand the ‘Bankart lesion’ it is necessary to appreciate the anatomy of the ligaments, which stabilise the shoulder.
M. Suhaib Sait, Lars Neumann and W Angus Wallace Nottingham Shoulder and Elbow Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham , U.K. J.R.Coll.Surg.Edinb., 44, August 1999, 245-50
This lesion is seen in over 85% of cases after a traumatic anterior dislocation. To understand the ‘Bankart lesion’ it is necessary to appreciate the anatomy of the ligaments, which stabilise the shoulder.
M. Suhaib Sait, Lars Neumann and W Angus Wallace Nottingham Shoulder and Elbow Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham , U.K. J.R.Coll.Surg.Edinb., 44, August 1999, 245-50
