Return to Sport After Surgical Treatment for Anterior Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review: Response
Authors’ Response:
We thank Dr Hurley and coauthors for their letter and comments regarding our recent article "Return to Sport After Surgical Treatment for Anterior Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review." The authors raised the concern that our pooled data reported a higher rate of return to sport (RTS) than what was previously reported after anterior shoulder stabilization procedures and that our findings are not fully representative of the results in the literature, which could result in inappropriately high patient expectations. Although we appreciate their comments, it does not change our conclusions, which clearly stated a high RTS rate after anterior shoulder stabilization procedures among studies that reported both rate of RTS and time to RTS.
