Surgical technique and clinical outcome of arthroscopic shoulder stabilization via suture anchors using the lasso-loop stitch

Publication date: June 2018Source: Journal of Orthopaedics, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Christian Konrads, Sebastian Jovic, Kilian Rueckl, Annabel Fenwick, Thomas Barthel, Maximilian Rudert, Piet PlumhoffAbstractDuring arthroscopic Bankart-repair the lasso-loop-stitch can be used. The clinical outcome of this technical modification to a broadly used procedure is not known.We followed-up 24 patients treated with this technique over 30 months.We found an excellent clinical outcome in 96% of all cases. The average Rowe-score was 96.3 points. The mean QuickDash was 2.8 points.Using the lasso-loop-stitch in arthroscopic Bankart-repair is safe and results in very good clinical outcomes. It might lead to an accentuated labral bump and enables secure knot-tying with knot-positioning away from the articular cartilage while avoiding the suture cutting through the tissue.
Source: Journal of Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research