Healio

Study identifies incidence of subsequent shoulder surgery following SLAP repair

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investigators of this study with a minimum follow-up of 3 years found 10.1% of patients required subsequent ...
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 ...
Healio

Study finds rates, factors for failed repair of type II SLAP tears in young patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recently presented study shows a high failure for arthroscopic repair of isolated SLAP II tears in young, ...
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 ...