Surgery options for repeat shoulder dislocations
Part of Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study compares different surgical techniques to fix a shoulder that keeps dislocating forward. It aims to find the best approach to stabilize the joint and reduce future dislocations.
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Who can take part
- You are 50 years old or younger.
- You have had at least one shoulder dislocation or partial dislocation (subluxation).
- Your shoulder still feels unstable or slips out of place.
- An MRI shows a torn labrum (the rim of cartilage around the shoulder socket) and a Hill-Sachs lesion (a dent in the ball of the shoulder).
- A CT scan shows you have lost 10–20% of the bone in the shoulder socket.
- You have not had surgery on that shoulder before, and you do not have other shoulder injuries or conditions like diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or gout.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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