SLAP tear surgery helps repair the shoulder joint to keep it stable. You may need it if you have a serious or persistent injury that doesn’t respond to therapy or other treatment. It comes with ...

SLAP repair and biceps tenodesis: Decision making and technique. Presented at Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2012, Jan. 15-18. Wailea, Hawaii. ...

A SLAP tear is a type of shoulder injury. It affects the labrum, which is the cartilage in the shoulder’s socket. Here's what you need to know about causes, treatments, and recovery.

Another key ideological shift occurred in 2009, when Pascal Boileau, MD, and colleagues from France published data that showed biceps tenodesis was an effective alternative to SLAP repair for the ...

Repair of SLAP Lesions. Superior instability is most easily discussed in the context of the arthroscopic management of shoulder instability.

"Our research focused on a sample of 42 active-duty men and women who were unable to return to duty after primary arthroscopic SLAP repair," said Frank McCormick, MD, and CDR Matthew T. Provencher ...

If a surgeon tries to repair this Buford complex by attaching the ligament to the bony glenoid, the shoulder will have extremely limited external rotation and will not be able to return to its ...