Orthopedic surgery is a marvelous field because we can make meaningful improvements in the comfort and function of patients ...

However, among young athletes, 90% will have an associated Bankart lesion (avulsion injury of the labrum-ligament complex), and 90% will have recurrent instability if treated nonsurgically.

Matthew T. Provencher, M.D., M.B.A., CAPT MC USNR (Ret.), receives the 2025 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award.

A SLAP tear is a specific type of injury to the labrum, or labral tear, SLAP stands for superior labrum from anterior to posterior. The SLAP tear occurs at the point where one of the tendons of the ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China 2 Department of Imaging, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital Affiliated to Naval Military ...