Abstract
Objective: Evaluate the functionality of patients with recurrent shoulder dislocation who underwent Latarjet surgery in a teaching hospital in Ceará, between March 2017 and August 2019, characterizing the sociodemographic profile of the evaluated patients. Methods: Documentary research from medical records and retrospective clinical analysis of selected patients. Comparative assessment of the functional status before and after treatment was carried out, through the application of the questionnaire and assessment of the Carter-Rowe score. Results: The epidemiological study was composed, in general, of a group of predominantly male patients, of which 40% were aged 40 years or less, practitioners of physical activities or manual workers. The comparative evaluation of the score under study showed that there is an improvement in the functional outcome of these patients. About 90% of the patients in the study had a Carter-Rowe score with scores above 75 (seventy-five) in the postoperative period, denoting the good result with the therapy used. Conclusion: The surgical procedure described by Latarjet notably presents itself as an adequate therapeutic alternative for the studied population, resulting in functional improvement of the studied patients and reduction of instability.