SLAP tear surgery is a procedure used to repair injured shoulder cartilage. It involves making small incisions around the shoulder joint and using specialized instruments to repair or reconstruct the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The glenoid labrum contributes to the stability of the shoulder by increasing the concavity in which the humeral head glides. Anterior, posterior, and multidirectional shoulder instability have long ...

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 ...

July 17, 2012 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Professional baseball players who get nonsurgical treatment for a superior labrum anterior–posterior (SLAP) tear in the shoulder can often return to play, ...

A SLAP tear can be a serious injury no matter your age or professional level. It is common in baseball and softball pitchers, position players and other athletes who do a lot of overhead arm motions ...

The onset of baseball season means fun days watching our young athletes (or participating) in America’s past time—baseball. One of the more frequently occurring injuries that is a result of rapid or ...

Shoulder instability occurs when the arm’s ball joint moves in and out of the shoulder socket joint. Chronically unstable shoulders can lead to loose shoulder joints that slip out of place repeatedly.