Clinical Outcomes After Arthroscopic 270° Labral Repair in Active-Duty Military Patients: At Minimum 10-Year Follow-up.

Background: Active-duty military servicemembers (ADSMs) exhibit a high prevalence of combined-type shoulder instability. Arthroscopic 270° labral repair has demonstrated promising outcomes at short- and intermediate-term follow-up, but there is a paucity of long-term outcomes data among ADSMs. Purpose: To report the outcomes of arthroscopic 270° labral repair at a minimum of 10-year follow-up in ADSMs. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence: 4. Methods: A total of 44 ADSMs who underwent arthroscopic 270° labral repair between January 2010 and December 2012 without major concomitant procedures had ≥10 years of follow-up and were deemed eligible for inclusion. Of these, 38 were included in the final outcome analysis. Results: Mean follow-up was 140.4 ± 14.4 months. Postoperatively, there was a statistically significant improvement in pain visual analog scale (VAS) scores (8.3 ± 1.3 to 1.63 ± 2.29; Conclusion: Arthroscopic 270° labral repair demonstrates favorable clinical outcomes at a minimum 10-year postoperative follow-up in an active-duty military patient population, with clinically and statistically significant improvements in pain, patient-reported outcomes measures, and an overall return-to-duty rate of 89.5%.