Recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder joint a modification of Bankart's capsuloplexy. Notes on the surgical technique.

Twenty-one cases of recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder joint were operated on by a modification of Bankart's technique between 1975 and 1981. The modification consists in the introduction of two screws with their respective washers in order to fix the lateral flap of the capsule to the neck of the glenoid cavity, after which the medial flap is turned back and secured by a reefing suture. This device overcomes the difficulty encountered with the insertion of the joint capsule in Bankart's original method.