European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Objectives: To determine the clinical and functional outcome of open modified Bankart repair in cases of recurrent anterior shoulder instability.

Methods: This is a prospective study conducted in Department of orthopaedics Katuri Medical College and Hospital, Guntur. There were 25 patients included in our study who were followed up for an average of 12 months duration with minimum follow up of 6 months and maximum follow up of 24 months. All young and middle age patients with recurrent anterior shoulder instability presented were evaluated by thorough general and clinical local examination of the shoulder.

Results: This study included 25 patients , 20 out of 25 patients showed excellent functional outcome(80%) , 4 showed good functional outcome(16%) and 1 showed fair functional outcome(4%) according to ROWE score.

Conclusion: Arthroscopic Bankart repair is the management of choice for recurrent anterior glenohumeral instability but open Bankart repair still remains the gold standard in institutes where there are limited resources