The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 72, Issue 2 181-186, Copyright © 1990 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Rotational osteotomy of the humerus for posterior instability of the shoulder
V Surin, S Blader, G Markhede and K Sundholm
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boras Central Hospital, Sweden.
We evaluated twelve shoulders (ten patients) that had recurrent, painful
posterior instability and were treated by external rotational osteotomy of
the humerus. The length of follow-up ranged from two to twelve years. The
patients rated the result as excellent or good in ten of the twelve
shoulders. Objectively, two shoulders were rated as excellent; eight, as
good; and two, as fair. There was recurrent instability in one shoulder
that had had multidirectional instability. One pseudarthrosis, which
persisted for ten years, was revealed on the follow-up radiographs.