Complications of coracoid transfer procedures for the treatment of recurrent shoulder dislocation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.pbj.2017.03.004
• Publication Date: 2017-04-13T00:00:17Z
• Authors: Ana Catarina Pereira; Manuel Gutierres
• Keywords: Open surgery; Coracoid process

Coracoid transfer procedures are known to be successful when it comes prevention of recurrence. However, all them invariably associated with high complication rates, especially limited range motion.Arthroscopic technique was found have an overall lower rate complications compared the open procedures.Despite being scarce, CHSJ data roughly overlap literature.Different surgical been described for treatment recurrent anterior dislocation shoulder. Despite documented success procedures, some studies suggest that arthroscopic leads more favorable results. there still seems disagreement concerning incidence complications, comparing and techniques.As attempt clarify these doubts about different techniques, this study contains a free literature review along retrospective case series patients who underwent in University hospital past 10 years.There various techniques shoulder, rates.Despite slightly higher re-operation rate, literature, procedures. Centro Hospitalar São João (CHSJ) presented screw related revision surgery than literature. other assessing individually, no tendency verified. One can therefore conclude that, despite