The relation of the coracoid process to the glenoid: an anatomic study.

Purpose: Our purpose was to define the spatial relation of the coracoid process to the glenoid cavity.

Methods: By use of 20 cadaveric shoulders, the location of the tip of the coracoid process was assessed based on the clock face of the glenoid.

Results: In all shoulders the tip of the coracoid process was between 1:24 and 2:18 o'clock, with a mean of 1:47 +/- 0:15 o'clock.

Hill-sachs "remplissage": an arthroscopic solution for the engaging hill-sachs lesion.

We present an arthroscopic technique used to treat traumatic shoulder instability in patients with glenoid bone loss and a large Hill-Sachs lesion. The procedure consists of an arthroscopic capsulotenodesis of the posterior capsule and infraspinatus tendon to fill the Hill-Sachs lesion. With the patient in the lateral decubitus position, a posterior portal is established at the lateral aspect of the convexity of the humeral head that is centered over the lesion.

Fourteen-year prospective results of a high-density polyethylene prosthetic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Our experience with an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) braided graft indicates that this prosthetic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is not associated with the complications of other prosthetic ligaments and has equivalent results compared to an autograft. Nine patients underwent ACL reconstruction with the UHMWPE prosthetic graft, and seven patients received a bone-patellar-bone autograft. Each patient completed a questionnaire regarding their symptoms, a Tegner score, and a Lysholm Score.