TY  - JOUR
A1  - Minkus, Marvin
A1  - Königshausen, Matthias
A1  - Maier, Dirk
A1  - Mauch, Frieder
A1  - Stein, Thomas
A1  - Greiner, Stefan
A1  - Moursy, Mohamed
A1  - Scheibel, Markus
T1  - Immobilization in external rotation and abduction versus arthroscopic stabilization after first-time anterior shoulder dislocation: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
T2  - The American journal of sports medicine
N2  - Background: Treatment of first-time shoulder dislocation (FSD) is a topic of debate. After high rates of recurrent instability after nonoperative management were reported in the literature, primary repair of FSD significantly increased. At the same time, new concepts were proposed that had promising results for immobilization in external rotation (ER) and abduction (ABD). Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the recurrence rates (primary outcome) and clinical outcomes (secondary outcome parameters) of immobilization in ER+ABD versus arthroscopic primary stabilization after FSD. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial; Level of evidence, 1. Methods: In a multicenter randomized controlled trial, patients with FSD were randomized to either treatment with immobilization in 60° of ER plus 30° of ABD (group 1) or surgical treatment with arthroscopic Bankart repair (group 2). Clinical evaluation was performed 1, 3, and 6 weeks as well as 6, 12, and 24 months postoperatively or after reduction, including range of motion, instability testing, subjective shoulder value, Constant-Murley score, Rowe score, and Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index. Recurrent instability events were prospectively recorded. Results: Between 2011 and 2017, a total of 112 patients were included in this study. Of these, 60 patients were allocated to group 1 and 52 to group 2. At the 24-month follow-up, 91 patients (81.3%) were available for clinical examination. The recurrence rate was 19.1% in group 1 and 2.3% in group 2 (P = .016). No significant differences were found between groups regarding clinical shoulder scores (P > .05). Due to noncompliance with the immobilization treatment protocol, 4 patients (6.7%) were excluded. Conclusion: Immobilization in ER+ABD versus primary arthroscopic shoulder stabilization for the treatment of FSD showed no differences in clinical shoulder scores. However, recurrent instability was significantly higher after nonoperative treatment.
KW  - first-time shoulder dislocation
KW  - shoulder instability
KW  - shoulder stabilization
KW  - immobilization in external rotation and abduction
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62208
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-622082
SN  - 1552-3365
N1  - Financial support was provided by the Wilhelm Julius Teufel Company, which assisted this study. M.S., D.M., F.M., T.S., and S.G. received consultant payments from Arthrex that were not related to this work. AOSSM checks author disclosures against the Open Payments Database (OPD).
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
SP  - 857
EP  - 865
PB  - Sage
CY  - London [u.a.]
ER  -