Recurrent traumatic anterior dislocation of the shoulder. 218 consecutive cases treated by a modified Magnuson-Stack procedure and follow for 2-18 years.

Over a period of 30 years (1961-1991), 218 patients with recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder were operated on at the Naval Hospital of Greece using a modified Magnuson-Stack method. The modification involved transfer of the subscapularis tendon not only laterally to the bicipital groove, but also 1 cm distally (Karadimas et al. 1980).

Growth of the proximal femur after varus-derotation osteotomy in the treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip.

The growth of the upper end of the femur was studied in 50 children with congenital dislocation of the hip in whom a femoral osteotomy had been carried out. All children had unilateral dislocations and had been treated by a proximal femoral varus-derotation osteotomy after closed reduction, excision of the limbus, or open reduction. The average age at osteotomy was 2.

Patella alta and chondromalacia.

The Insall-Salvati (5) method of assessing the position of the patella was applied to 247 male patients made up from five different groups. Three of the groups were Greeks with normal knees (45 patients), knees already operated on for chondromalacia patellae (36 patients) and knees with a clinical diagnosis of chondromalacia patellae (57 patients). The other two groups comprised 58 African negroes and 51 Arabs, in all of whom a clinical diagnosis of chondromalacia patellae had been made.

Repair of recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder using transfer of the subscapularis tendon.

Transfer of the subscapularis tendon using a slightly modified Magnuson-Stack procedure was done in 154 shoulders with recurrent anterior dislocation. A follow-up to two to twenty-two years (average, 7.6 years) revealed only three recurrences of the dislocation and no serious complications.

Kinematics in the diagnosis of meniscal lesions.

We have studied the findings at operation of 336 knees with a preoperative diagnosis of a meniscus lesion. In 146 knees operated on by three surgeons, after a detailed history and clinical assessment, the findings confirmed the preoperative diagnosis in 116 knees (79.5 per cent).