Remplissage

 

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Indications

 

Engaging / Large Hill Sachs lesion

 

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Concept

 

Filling Hill Sachs defect with infraspinatus / posterior capsule

 

Results

 

Villareal-Espinosa et al KSSTA 2024

- systematic review of Bankart repair v Bankart + Remplissage

- reduced recurrent instability with Bankart + Remplissage with no difference in ROM

 

MacDonald et al JSES 2021

- RCT of 100 patients with <15% glenoid bone loss

- arthroscopic Bankart v Bankart + Remplissage

- Bankart only: recurrent instability 18%

- Bankart + Remplissage: recurrent instability 4%

 

Woodmas et al AJSM 2024

- medium term follow up of RCT of 100 patients with <15% glenoid bone loss

- arthroscopic Bankart v Bankart + Remplissage

- Bankart only: recurrent instability 30%

- Bankart + Remplissage: recurrent instability 10%

 

Technique

 

Vumedi remplissage video

 

Vumedi remplissage video 2

 

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Timing

- typically before labral repair

- sublux the head anteriorly

 

Technique

- view from anterior portal

- posterior cannula over Hill Sachs lesion

- debride base of Hill Sachs to bleeding bone

- insert anchors at medial aspect of defect

- suture passer / birds beak to take bite of capsule

- tie down into defect

- can tie blind or put camera into subacromial space

 

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Anchor insertion into Hill Sachs lesion

 

Remplissage AnchorsRemplissage Double PulleyRemplissage Subacromial Knots

Tying knots under direct vision in the subdeltoid space using double pulley technique

 

HSShoulder Post Remplissage

End result