Healio

SLAP repair overuse on the rise, contributing to poor results

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – The overuse of SLAP repairs could be leading to a significant rate of complications and poor ...
Healio

Combining SLAP and cuff repair depends on labral attachments, shoulder stability

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Performing arthroscopic repair of superior labral anterior posterior or SLAP lesions in conjunction with fixing ...
Baseball Prospectus

Collateral Damage: Rounding Up the Usual Suspects: SLAP Tears

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 ...
BMJ

Sham surgery versus labral repair or biceps tenodesis for type II SLAP lesions of the shoulder: a three-armed randomised clinical trial

Background Labral repair and biceps tenodesis are routine operations for superior labrum anterior posterior (SLAP) lesion of the shoulder, but evidence of their efficacy is lacking. We evaluated the ...
BMJ

Author response—sham surgery versus labral repair or biceps tenodesis for type II SLAP lesions of the shoulder: a three-armed randomised clinical trial

Correspondence to Profosser Jens Ivar Brox, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; j.i.brox{at}medisin.uio.no The patients enrolled in our study ...