AJSM March 2024 Podcast: Outcomes of Shoulder Instability Surgery in Competitive Wrestlers: Outcomes, Reoperations, and Return to Play at 5 Years’ Mean Follow-up
Wrestling is a physically demanding sport
with young athletes prone to traumatic shoulder instability and a
paucity of data evaluating the results of shoulder instability
surgery (SIS).
In conclusion, competitive wrestlers with
multiple dislocations before initial clinical evaluation were 3.8
times more likely to experience postoperative recurrent
instability. Patients should be counseled that despite SIS, only
57.3% returned to wrestling after surgery.
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