%0 Journal Article
%T Epileptic patients with shoulder anterior instability.
%A Bige B
%A Gonzalez JF
%A Boileau P
%A Gauci MO
%J J Shoulder Elbow Surg
%V 0
%N 0
%D 2024 Aug 5
%M 39111686
%F 3.507
%R 10.1016/j.jse.2024.06.006
%X Chronic epilepsy may cause important bipolar bony lesions. We aim to compare the specific pathoanatomic metrics of the bony lesions in chronic shoulder anterior instability that occur in the epileptic population vs non-epileptic population.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>From 2006 to 2020, we included epileptic and non-epileptic patients with anterior recurrent shoulder instability. We randomly adjusted the patients of the two groups according to the sex, age and type of management. We included 50 patients. For each included patient, we performed an in-depth CT-scan analysis and comparison of the glenoid bone loss: PICO method using the best-fit circle; and the Hill-Sachs lesion: the depth and width were given as a percentage of the humeral head diameter on an axial view. We also evaluated the engaging character of the involved lesion using the On-track/Off-track analysis. Those characteristics were compared between the two groups.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>We found a glenoid bone loss in 32 patients. Glenoid bone loss was not significantly greater in patients with epilepsy (p=0.052). A Hill-Sachs lesion was found in 42 patients (22 in epileptic group and 20 in non-epileptic group). Hill-Sachs lesions were significantly deeper and larger in the epileptic group. (depth: 22% vs 9%, p<0.001; width: 43% vs 28%, p=0.003). In the epileptic group 90% of the bone lesions were OFF-track versus 30% in the non-epileptic group. Thus, the epileptic patients presented more engaging bony lesions than non-epileptic patients (p=0.001) (OR=23).<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>In a population of epileptic patients, Hill-Sachs lesions are larger and deeper than in patients with non- epileptic shoulder instability. By contrast, there is no significant difference regarding the characteristics of the glenoid bone loss if present. This implies that bone lesions in instable shoulders of epileptic patients need at least a bony stabilization procedure on the humeral side in the majority of cases.