RT Journal
A1 Kirkley, Sandy
A1 Hovelius, L.
A1 Augustini, B. G.
A1 Fredin, H.
A1 Johansson, O.
A1 Norlin, R.
A1 Thorling, J.
T1 Correspondence
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 1998
FD February 1
VO 80
IS 2
SP 300
OP 1
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
    Although most of the information in "Primary Anterior Dislocation of the Shoulder in Young Patients. A Ten-Year Prospective Study" (78-A: 1677—1684, Nov. 1996), by Hovelius et al., was extremely helpful, I think that some of the conclusions were not justified by the data presented. The authors stated that only "one-third of the patients who had had the initial dislocation before the age of thirty years needed operative stabilization." The authors admitted that the criteria for recommendation of an operation were likely varied and not specifically known.