Can Sutures After Bankart Lesion Repair Be Seen In An X-ray?

Posted on Thu, 9 Feb 2017

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Question : Doctor, I recently underwent Bankart lesion repair with remplissage. But the sutures of the Bankart's lesion repair is not visible in the post operation x-ray. Only the anchor of the remplissage is visible.

Answered by Dr. Mahaveer Patil (47 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
sutures are radioluscent

Detailed Answer:
Hi Mr. XXXX,

Thank you for posting the question.
I have gone through your medical history and the attached reports in detail.

The sutures that are used for Bankart's repair are of various types and sizes.

The type that we commonly use is made up of synthetic material and is radiologically transluscent. Hence,it is not visible on post operative Xrays.

The anchors,on the other hand,are radio-opaque and so ,are visible on xrays.

Your surgery has been done absolutely correct and you need not worry about it.

I hope the answer was useful.

Feel free to ask me any follow up queries that you may have.

Thank you.
Kind regards.

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