Me and my chronically unstable shoulder

I arranged appointments with four different shoulder specialists to get different perspectives and to be able to compare their approaches. 3 out of 4 specialist that I saw recommended the Latarjet procedure to treat the instability. 2 out of the 3 were recommending the open Latarjet procedure while one surgeon had specialized in the arthroscopic procedure. The specialists that recommended this procedure also had a lot of experience performing the surgery. This is a key point when you select the surgeon for a Latarjet procedure. Even today in Germany for example, this procedure is not widely used and usually reserved for contact athletes or people with previous surgeries that did not help. This is not something you want to get done by a surgeon next door who takes care of hip replacements, knees, shoulders and whatever comes his/her way. You really want an experienced surgeon that specializes in shoulders and has done the Latarjet procedure many times before. The procedure itself is m...