Abstract
Initially described in 1985 by Andrews et al. [1], injuries to the superior glenoid labrum and biceps origin are a well-recognized cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction. In the nearly three decades since their description, our understanding of the anatomy, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of superior labrum anterior-posterior (SLAP) lesions has evolved together with widespread advances in shoulder arthroscopic surgery. According to the following studies, 11–57% of the patients with recurrent dislocation had combined Bankart and SLAP lesions [2]. A concomitant SLAP lesion occurs in up to 22% of anterior instabilities [3], the presence of which greatly increases shoulder instability [4, 5]. Snyder et al. provided the first classification of SLAP tears based on intraoperative findings [6]. However, more extensive labral tears do occur, some of which may be a progression of preexisting SLAP lesions or its combination with a Bankart lesion categorized by Maffet et al. [7] as the type V SLAP lesion that is characterized by superior extension of an anteroinferior labral tear involving a Bankart lesion and is thought to be caused by traumatic instability [8].
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Cohen, C., Terra, B., Ejnisman, B., Guttmann, D., Voss, A. (2017). SLAP. In: Imhoff, A., Savoie III, F. (eds) Shoulder Instability Across the Life Span. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54077-0_22
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