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13.04.2016 | In Brief
The Snyder Classification of Superior Labrum Anterior and Posterior (SLAP) Lesions
verfasst von:
Zahab S. Ahsan, MD, Jason E. Hsu, MD, Albert O. Gee, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 9/2016
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Excerpt
In 1938, Bankart and Cantab [
2] initially described injury to the anteroinferior glenoid labrum. It was not until 1985 that Andrews and colleagues [
1] first identified superior glenoid labral disorders by describing the classic mechanism of injury and biomechanics of labral tears through arthroscopic evaluation of 73 elite overhead-throwing athletes. In 1990, Snyder et al. [
22] published a retrospective review of 700 shoulder arthroscopies, with diagnosis of 27 superior labral injuries in a cohort of throwing athletes. Their 1990 landmark article [
22] established the acronym “SLAP” (superior labral tear, anterior to posterior) lesion and presented the first comprehensive classification of four major injury patterns as a cause of pain and instability, particularly in the overhead throwing athlete. …
