Acute vs Chronic Isolated vs Recurrent Subluxation vs Dislocation Direction Past treatment taken History 5 basic questions to be answered
Onset – violent injury or trivial injury Ease of reduction Number of episodes Sleep dislocations Seizures Assess the overall functional disability and requirements History Sleep dislocations = Beware!!!
DEFINITIONS LAXITY Range of motion of the center of the humeral head with respect to the glenoid fossa due to a external force INSTABILITY Symptomatic inability to maintain the humeral head in the glenoid fossa
DEFINITIONS SUBLUXATION Partial dislocation Incomplete separation of joint DISLOCATION Frank separation of joint
CLASSIFICATION MECHANISMS TUBS - T raumatic U nidirectional B ankart S urgery AMBRI – A traumatic M ultidirectional B ilateral R ehabilitation I nferior shift Matsen et al
Imaging Xrays CT Scans MRI Always Possibly Most likely Do we need all of the above?
True AP (Grashey) Glenoid AP (True AP) - causes no overlap of glenoid and humerus - makes evaluation of glenohumeral joint easier
Loss of double cortical sign
Special views West Point view Assess glenoid rim fractures
Special views Stryker Notch view Assess the Hill Sachs defect
Essential lesion Bankart Lesion: Detachment of the anterior capsulolabral complex
Bankart lesion Hill Sachs lesion
HAGL lesion ‘J’ Sign
AXIAL SAG
Bipolar pathology
Glenoid track - zone of contact between glenoid and humeral head as the arm is raised Glenoid track= 83% AP dimension of normal shoulder Hill Sach’s index [HSI] = HS + BB (dist from medial margin rotator cuff attachment till medial margin Hill Sach’s lesion HSI > Glenoid track: Off track lesion HSI < Glenoid track: On track lesio n Clin Orthop Surg. 2015 Dec;7(4):425-429
<25% Glenoid defect On track <25% Glenoid defect Off track >25% Glenoid defect On track > 25 % Glenoid defect Off track Calculation of Bipolar bone loss Arthroscopic Bankart Artroscopic Bankart Remplissage Latarjet Latarjet with or without humeral sided procedure Remplissage/ Humeral head allograft
Need for CT scans Acute bony Bankart
3D reconstructions
Sugaya et al JBJS (Am) 2003
Max AP dimension normal shoulder [A] Max AP dimension affected shoulder [B] Glenoid bone loss = A-B /A X 100 2.41-2.11/2.41 X 100 13 % approx [mild] A B Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Apr;471(4):1251-6. doi: 10.1007/s11999-012-2607-x. Epub 2012 Sep 21. 3-D CT is the most reliable imaging modality when quantifying glenoid bone loss. Bishop JY 1 , Jones GL , Rerko MA , Donaldson C ; MOON Shoulder Group
Glenoid bone loss = 26.1-21.4 / 26.1 X 100 =18 % Approx [mod] Fractured bone fragment measures 12 x 5 x 5 mm
Assessment of glenoid bone loss Assessment of Hill Sach’s bone loss Assessment of bipolar bone loss….on track/off track glenoid Fractures…size, displacement
Summary Clinical evaluation starts with an apt history Management relies more on clinical rather than imaging findings Assessment of the direction and severity of instability should aid in advising the correct investigations In patients >40 yrs always assess cuff function