• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.50-55
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical results of absorbable knot-tying and absorbable knotless suture anchors in arthroscopic Bankart repair. Materials and Methods: This study compared the patients who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repairs using absorbable knottying suture anchors (59 patients: KT Group), and absorbable knotless suture anchors (52 patients: KL Group). Preoperative and postoperative evaluations were performed by Rowe scores, patient satisfaction score, visual analogue scale (VAS), American shoulder and elbow surgeons (ASES) score, range of motion (ROM), and re-dislocation rate. Results: Postoperative VAS, Rowe scores, ASES score were significantly not different between the 2 groups (VAS: p=0.250, Rowe score: p=0.412, ASES: p=0.052). Mean postoperative VAS was 0.5 in KT Group and 0.8 in KL Group (p=0.250), and limited ROM was noted only in one patient in KL Group. Mean Rowe score was 94.3 in KT Group and 96.3 in KL Group (p=0.412), and mean ASES score was 97.3 in KT Group and 94.0 in KL Group (p=0.052). Re-dislocation rate were no different between the 2 groups. Conclusion: There were no differences in clinical outcomes and re-dislocation rate between Knot-Tying and Knotless repairs.