Editorial Commentary: If You Want Your Arthroscopic Bankart Repairs to Be Durable for 10 Years Consider Treating the Hill-Sachs Lesion With Remplissage

Josef Karl Eichinger

doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2019.02.020

Editorial Commentary: If You Want Your Arthroscopic Bankart Repairs to Be Durable for 10 Years Consider Treating the Hill-Sachs Lesion With Remplissage

Arthroscopy. 2019 May;35(5):1368-1369. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.02.020.

Author

Josef Karl Eichinger

PMID: 31054716
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.02.020

Abstract

Shoulder remplissage (capsulotenodesis) fills the Hill-Sachs lesion on the humeral head with the infraspinatus and posterior capsule to prevent engagement of the lesion with the anterior glenoid rim. Remplissage is particularly effective when combined with a Bankart repair for the scenario of minimal to no glenoid bone loss and the presence of a significant Hill-Sachs lesion. Anyone performing shoulder instability surgery should be familiar with the technique of the remplissage procedure and consider using it liberally it when the situation dictates.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Bankart Lesions*
Humans
Joint Instability*
Range of Motion, Articular
Shoulder
Shoulder Dislocation*
Shoulder Joint*