Trends in Bone-Block Augmentation Among Recently Trained Orthopaedic Surgeons Treating Anterior Shoulder Instability

Conclusions:
A trend exists toward increased utilization of bone-block stabilization for the treatment of shoulder instability among recently trained orthopaedic surgeons. Complication rates remained relatively high (20.8%) for these procedures, but did not increase as was seen with the isolated soft-tissue stabilizations. Residency and fellowship programs should continue to focus on methods to optimize training for these procedures.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: JBJS - July 5, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Degen, R. M., Camp, C. L., Werner, B. C., Dines, D. M., Dines, J. S. Tags: Shoulder Topics in Training Source Type: research