Hypoplasia of the glenoid. A review of sixteen patients

• Published in: Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume Vol. 75; no. 8; pp. 1175 - 1184
• Main Authors: Wirth, M A, Lyons, F R, Rockwood, C A
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA Copyright by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated 01-08-1993; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Incorporated
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Diseases, Developmental - diagnosis; Bone Diseases, Developmental - diagnostic imaging; Bone Diseases, Developmental - rehabilitation; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Joint Instability - diagnostic imaging; Joint Instability - etiology; Joint Instability - rehabilitation; Male; Malformations and congenital and or hereditary diseases involving bones. Joint deformations; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pain - etiology; Radiography; Retrospective Studies; Scapula - diagnostic imaging; Shoulder Joint; Hypoplasia; Symptomatology; Questionnaire; Malformation; Shoulder; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Classification; Thoracic girdle; Rehabilitation
• ISSN: 0021-9355; 1535-1386
• DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199308000-00007

We reviewed the records of sixteen patients, fifteen to sixty-two years old, who had glenoid hypoplasia with or without an associated deformity of the humeral head. The patients were divided into three groupsthose who had bilateral glenoid hypoplasia without instability of the shoulder (Group I), those who had bilateral glenoid hypoplasia with instability of the shoulder (Group II), and those who had unilateral glenoid hypoplasia with deformity of the humeral head (Group III). When first seen by us, thirteen of the sixteen patients had pain in the shoulder, which they had noted after an increase in their previous level of activity. All were managed with a specific rehabilitation program for the shoulder. The patients were followed for an average of five years, and most were able to return to their previous level of activity with the resolution of the symptoms.