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