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Open vs. arthroscopic repair after anterior shoulder instability with disease-specific QOL

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May 2014

Open vs. arthroscopic repair after anterior shoulder instability with disease-specific QOL

Vol: 3| Issue: 5| Number:39| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1

A randomized clinical trial comparing open and arthroscopic stabilization for recurrent traumatic anterior shoulder instability: two-year follow-up with disease-specific quality-of-life outcomes

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Mar 5;96(5):353-60

Contributing Authors:
NG Mohtadi DS Chan RM Hollinshead RS Boorman LA Hiemstra IK Lo HN Hannaford J Fredine TM Sasyniuk EO Paolucci

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196 patients with recurrent traumatic anterior shoulder instability were randomized to undergo open or arthroscopic repair to compare differences in disease-specific quality of life and recurrent instability over a period of two years. The results from this trial indicate that both procedures provided a significant improvement in disease-specific quality of life, with not differences between group...

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