This week we are going to discuss a particularly problematic shoulder condition, the SLAP lesion. The SLAP lesion is an acronym which stands for superior labrum anterior to posterior. This is a tear ...

Manipulation and examination under anesthesia. The authors prefer to manipulate the shoulder prior to positioning the patient for arthroscopic or open procedures, because some patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anterior shoulder instability is a common shoulder pathology, occurring in 1% to 2% of the general population.

Tears to the glenoid labrum—cartilage tissue that lines the shoulder where the arm joins—can be repaired with arthroscopic surgery, which significantly weakens the joint and involves a lengthy ...

Superior Labrum Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) tears are an increasingly common injury in baseball players. Much more common in throwing athletes than non-throwers, SLAP lesions have gained a lot more ...

An unstable shoulder joint can be the cause or the result of a labral tear. “Labral” refers to the glenoid labrum – a ring of cartilage that surrounds the base of the shoulder joint. Injuries to the ...

This week we are going to discuss injuries to the glenoid (shoulder) labrum and to the acetabular (hip) labrum. The labrum is a fibrocartilaginous O ring which supports and stabilizes the shoulder and ...

Major news has developed for the Toronto Raptors in what has been an otherwise quiet offseason so far. The team Friday announced that Pascal Siakam recently underwent successful surgery to repair a ...

This patient has an anterior glenoid rim fracture, which is associated with a shoulder dislocation. Approximately 20% of all shoulder dislocations occur in patients older than 60 years. 1 Subtle ...

Miguel A. Schmitz, MD, Lakewood Orthopaedic Clinic, Lakewood, Colo, Jerome Ciullo, MD, Sports Medicine Center, Troy, Mich. Many investigators have found that the accuracy of CTA and MRI is highly ...