“I have a simple philosophy:
Fill what’s empty.
Empty what’s full.
Scratch where it itches.”
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Remplissage
James Wilson
ST8 Trainee T&O
Upper Limb Fellow
Wrightington Hospital
• Remplissage -
• filling
• filling in
• filling out
• padding
• charging
Definition
• Humeral head defects
commonly associated with
dislocation
• Hill-Sachs lesion = impression
fracture postero superior (>80%)
• Large defect reduces rotational
arc length
• Engagement leads to recurrent
dislocation
Background
Hill HA Sachs MD . The grooved defect of the humeral head. A frequently unrecognized complication of dislocations of the shoulder joint. Radiology. 1940;35:690-700.
• Published by Purchase et.al
as a Technical Note in
Arthroscopy
• Posterior portal for initial
assessment
• Antero-Superior portal then
used for viewing
• Hill-Sachs and capsule
freshened
• Bankart repair prepared
Description
7
• September 2014 - Systematic review
in Arthroscopy
• Looked at studies reporting outcomes
for:
• Remplissage
• Weber osteotomy
• Allograft reconstruction
• Arthroplasty
What is the evidence
• Remplissage 29.5 months
• Weber osteotomy 108 months
• Allograft reconstruction 61.3 months
• Arthroplasty 51.4 months
Follow up
• Remplissage 0.9% 2/212
• Weber osteotomy 29% 53/184
• Allograft reconstruction 74% 17/23
• Arthroplasty 19% 20/104
Complications
Outcomes
Constant
Rowe score for
instability
ASES
Remplissage 94.6 (3) 89.4 (9) 89.1 (5)
Weber Osteotomy 79 (1)
Allograft 76.2 (3)
Arthroplasty 58.2 (4) 71.4 (1) 65.8 (2)
• Dislocation or subluxation
• Remplissage 6.3%
21/333
• Weber osteotomy 5.6%
• Allograft reconstruction 0%
• Arthroplasty 14%
Recurrence of instability
• Remplissage did not significantly affect ROM
• Studies comparing Bankart to Bankart plus remplissage - no
significant difference.
Range of motion
• Franceschi
• Comparative study
• Historical controls
• Different surgeons
• However, groups well matched for age and pathology
• Average D/R index 30%
• Good scores, no recurrence and good ROM in the R&B group
More detail
• Cohort study designed to compare
ROM for the two groups
• Dissimilar groups:
• ISIS 5 or 6 vs ISIS < 5
• Outcomes similar
• ROM no difference
• One recurrence per group
Nourissat et al
• Stephen Burkhart
• If D/R index >15% (about 4mm)
high rate of recurrent instability
• Minimal glenoid bone loss
(<25%)
• Where arthroscopic
stabilisation planned but
increased stability wanted
• Not for inverted pear glenoids
• Do the Bankart first
Other opinions
Follow up

Remplissage james wilson

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    “I have asimple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.” Alice Roosevelt Longworth Remplissage James Wilson ST8 Trainee T&O Upper Limb Fellow Wrightington Hospital
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    • Remplissage - •filling • filling in • filling out • padding • charging Definition
  • 3.
    • Humeral headdefects commonly associated with dislocation • Hill-Sachs lesion = impression fracture postero superior (>80%) • Large defect reduces rotational arc length • Engagement leads to recurrent dislocation Background Hill HA Sachs MD . The grooved defect of the humeral head. A frequently unrecognized complication of dislocations of the shoulder joint. Radiology. 1940;35:690-700.
  • 4.
    • Published byPurchase et.al as a Technical Note in Arthroscopy • Posterior portal for initial assessment • Antero-Superior portal then used for viewing • Hill-Sachs and capsule freshened • Bankart repair prepared Description
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  • 8.
    • September 2014- Systematic review in Arthroscopy • Looked at studies reporting outcomes for: • Remplissage • Weber osteotomy • Allograft reconstruction • Arthroplasty What is the evidence
  • 9.
    • Remplissage 29.5months • Weber osteotomy 108 months • Allograft reconstruction 61.3 months • Arthroplasty 51.4 months Follow up
  • 10.
    • Remplissage 0.9%2/212 • Weber osteotomy 29% 53/184 • Allograft reconstruction 74% 17/23 • Arthroplasty 19% 20/104 Complications
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    Outcomes Constant Rowe score for instability ASES Remplissage94.6 (3) 89.4 (9) 89.1 (5) Weber Osteotomy 79 (1) Allograft 76.2 (3) Arthroplasty 58.2 (4) 71.4 (1) 65.8 (2)
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    • Dislocation orsubluxation • Remplissage 6.3% 21/333 • Weber osteotomy 5.6% • Allograft reconstruction 0% • Arthroplasty 14% Recurrence of instability
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    • Remplissage didnot significantly affect ROM • Studies comparing Bankart to Bankart plus remplissage - no significant difference. Range of motion
  • 15.
    • Franceschi • Comparativestudy • Historical controls • Different surgeons • However, groups well matched for age and pathology • Average D/R index 30% • Good scores, no recurrence and good ROM in the R&B group More detail
  • 16.
    • Cohort studydesigned to compare ROM for the two groups • Dissimilar groups: • ISIS 5 or 6 vs ISIS < 5 • Outcomes similar • ROM no difference • One recurrence per group Nourissat et al
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    • Stephen Burkhart •If D/R index >15% (about 4mm) high rate of recurrent instability • Minimal glenoid bone loss (<25%) • Where arthroscopic stabilisation planned but increased stability wanted • Not for inverted pear glenoids • Do the Bankart first Other opinions
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