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            Objective To evaluate the functional outcome of patients submitted to arthroscopic Bankart
            repair in the long-term.
         
         
            Methods Retrospective evaluation of 41 patients (45 shoulders) operated between 1996 and
            2009 followed-up for a mean period of 14.89 years. Functional scores were analyzed
            by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Carter-Rowe scores, physical
            examination, and analysis of medical records.
         
         
            Results The Carter-Rowe score showed an average improvement of 46.11 points, with a final
            average of 85.89 points, and the UCLA score showed an average improvement of 31.33
            points. Ten patients (22.22%) relapsed, with the number of preoperative dislocations
            being the most correlated factor.
         
         
            Conclusion It was demonstrated that the number of preoperative dislocations negatively influenced
            the failure rate.
         
         Keywords
shoulder - joint instability - arthroscopy - recurrence