Current practice in shoulder pathology: results of a web-based survey among a community of 1,084 orthopedic surgeons

Purpose The aim of this study was to report orthopedic surgeons’ management of choice for difficult clinical scenarios of shoulder pathologies. Methods A web questionnaire was developed including four clinical scenarios of shoulder pathologies. Subsequently, opinions were solicited from more than 1,000 members of an international association of surgeons specialized in sports traumatology and knee surgery (ESSKA). Results The response rate was 40% (412 questionnaires). For scenario 1, first anterior dislocation of the shoulder, the most indicated treatment for 71% of respondents was an arthroscopic Bankart repair ( P