Orthopedics This Week | February 16, 2016 | Page 20

ORTHOPEDICS THIS WEEK VOLUME 12, ISSUE 6 | FEBRUARY 16, 2016 ful in patients with significant rotator cuff fraying or tearing. So as opposed to those with SLAP tears and significant rotator cuff involvement, those with posterior instability and rotator cuff tears seem to fare better. It’s as if these patients are somehow insulated from that extra difficulty.” “There are basically two types of posterior labral tears in throwing athletes. Type I is a pure posterior inferior labral tear at the glenoid labral junction. It typically propagates up to the equator of the glenoid. These can be with or without rotator cuff involvement. Our study involved these Type I tears. Type II tears start as a Type II B SLAP tear that propagates inferiorly, splitting the posterior labrum below the equator (with or without cuff issues). We feel that Type IIs are much more problematic in throwers.” “My plan is to expand the scope of this work by doubling the number of stud B