Editorial Commentary: Management of First-Time Anterior Shoulder Instability Requires Risk Stratification and Surgery for Many, But Not All

Autor: Ujash Sheth
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Arthroscopy
ISSN: 1526-3231
Popis: PURPOSE: To define the success rate of initial non-operative treatment for traumatic anterior shoulder instability in a defined US geographic population, describe factors that predict conversion to surgery after initial non-operative management, and describe the long-term outcomes of non-operative treatment following index traumatic anterior instability event. METHODS: The Rochester Epidemiology Project database was utilized to identify patients –14 – 39 years of age treated for anterior shoulder instability between 1994 and 2016. Patient demographics, comorbidities, injury characteristics, and imaging were evaluated. Patients treated non-operatively for the first 6 months following index instability event were analyzed to determine long-term outcomes (recurrence rates, pain at last follow up, radiographic outcomes), success rate of continued non-operative treatment (no conversion to surgery), and factors associated with conversion to surgery (patient and injury characteristics). Survivorship free of surgery was reported with a Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Cox proportional hazard models were utilized to evaluate association of variables with conversion to surgery. RESULTS: 379 patients met criteria with an average follow-up of 10.2 years (range 0.53 to 25.00). Average age was 23.9, mean BMI was 26.2, and 100% of instability events were due to trauma. 79 shoulders (20.1%) ultimately failed initial non-operative treatment and progressed to surgery. At final follow-up, the rate of recurrent instability was 52.3% in the group treated definitively without surgery, and recurrence rates decreased from 92.4% to 10.1% in those who converted to surgical treatment. Factors associated with conversion to surgery included 2 or more subluxations prior to first evaluation (HR=1.82, p=0.002), 2 or more dislocations prior to first evaluation (HR=1.76, p=0.006), and recurrent instability at follow-up (HR=4.21, p
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