What is a Hill-Sachs defect?

What is a Hill-Sachs defect?

A Hill-Sachs lesion is a fracture in the long bone in the upper arm (humerus) that connects to the body at the shoulder. You doctor might have discovered this condition if you’ve experienced a dislocated shoulder. In this case, the arm bone slips out of the socket and is compressed against the socket’s rim.

What is Hill-Sachs Bankart lesion?

Hill-Sachs fracture and Bankart lesion are common sequelae to recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder joint. Hill-Sachs lesion is a compression fracture of the posterolateral humeral head due to its compression against the anteroinferior part of the glenoid when the humerus is anteriorly dislocated.

What is a Hills Sachs impaction fracture?

A Hill-Sachs lesion, or Hill-Sachs impaction fracture, is an injury to the back portion of the rounded top of your upper arm bone (humerus). This injury occurs when you dislocate your shoulder. It’s named for the two American radiologists who first described the injury in 1940: Harold Hill and Maurice Sachs.

What is the Hill-Sachs?

The Hill-Sachs lesion is an osseous defect of the humeral head that is typically associated with anterior shoulder instability. The incidence of these lesions in the setting of glenohumeral instability is relatively high and approaches 100% in persons with recurrent anterior shoulder instability.

How does Hill-Sachs deformity occur?

A Hill-Sachs lesion is an injury that occurs secondary to an anterior shoulder dislocation. The humeral head ‘collides’ with the anterior part of the glenoid, causing a lesion, bone loss, defect and deformity of the humeral head. This may cause a change loss of range of motion, feelings of instability and pain.

How do you fix Hill-Sachs deformity?

Large or engaging Hill-Sachs lesions are addressed by either reconstructing (rebuilding) any lost bone on the glenoid side or performing a “Remplissage” procedure which repairs the posterior capsule and rotator cuff tendon to the Hill-Sachs bone defect.

What causes Hill-Sachs?

Hill-Sachs lesions are associated with shoulder dislocation which may be caused by: Falls or accidents. Contact sports as well as sports that involve overhead arm movements. Work that involves lifting, pushing, pulling or repetitive overhead movements.

How is glenoid track calculated?

The glenoid track is calculated as 0.83 × diameter (yellow circle). Bone loss (red line) is measured as the distance from the edge of the circle to the edge of the remaining bone (black line) and is subtracted from the glenoid track measure.

Does a Hill-Sachs lesion require surgery?

This is an injury of the anterior glenoid labrum of the shoulder and often often accompanied by a Hill-Sachs lesion. Conservative treatment is only recommended in cases of small bony defects (<20% Hill-Sachs lesion), in other cases (larger and more significant lesions), surgical treatment is needed.

Is there such a thing as a Hill Sachs defect?

It is often associated with a Bankart lesion of the glenoid. A Hill-Sachs defect is the terminology of preference over other terms, such as Hill-Sachs lesions, and Hill-Sachs fractures 14 .

How to diagnose a reverse Hill Sachs lesion?

It is of surgical importance to identify this lesion and correct it to prevent avascular necrosis. On plain radiographs, CT, and MRI, the lesion is characterized by loss of normal convexity and a wedge defect in the anteromedial aspect of the humeral head (cf. Hill-Sachs lesion ).

Can a Hill Sachs lesion cause shoulder instability?

The incidence of Hill-Sachs lesion in patients with anterior shoulder instability can be as high as 100%. A nother pathology secondary to an anterior shoulder dislocation is a Bnkart lesion. This is an injury of the anterior glenoid labrum of the shoulder and often often accompanied by a Hill-Sachs lesion.

Where does a Hill Sachs impaction fracture occur?

A Hill-Sachs lesion, or Hill-Sachs impaction fracture, is an injury to the back portion of the rounded top of your upper arm bone (humerus). This injury occurs when you dislocate your shoulder .

Back To Top