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SUBMITTER: Alexander S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3986484 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroscopy techniques 20140124 1
Arthroscopic labral repair is an effective technique for most cases of traumatic shoulder instability. However, patients with anterior labroligamentous periosteal sleeve avulsion lesions frequently have multiple episodes of subluxation or dislocation and a high recurrence rate after surgery, even with modern methods of labral repair. One reason may be failure of biological healing of the labrum due to an inadequate "footprint" of contact between the capsulolabral tissue and the glenoid bone. We ...[more]