Arthroscopic treatment of glenoid fractures.

The patient was placed in the lateral decubitus position. The arthroscope was introduced through the posterior approach. The probe hook was introduced through a working cannula through the anterosuperior portal performed in an inside-out technique. The mobilization possibilities of the osteochondral fragments were then assessed. The use of a shaver was always necessary to clean the fracture site and evacuate clots. A nonabsorbable suture was passed through the labrum and the capsule tissue of the displaced articular fragment in its superior edge. The first suture was used as a traction stitch and allowed replacing the fragment in its original position and maintaining it during the placement of others sutures. A hole was made in the anterosuperior edge of the nonfractured glenoid and then a long drill was passed backward according to the transglenoid suture technique of Caspari or Morgan. Stitches were passed through the glenoid to the infraspinatus fossa. When articular congruity was judged satisfactory, the stitches were tied on the fascia of the infraspinatus muscle. The patients were immobilized in a sling for 3 weeks.