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Are there age induced morphologic variations of the superior glenoid labrum? About 100 shoulder arthroscopies

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Different anterosuperior aspects of the glenoid labrum have already been described and are thought to be normal anatomical variations. The goals of this study were first to characterize these anterosuperior labral morphologies and then to analyze their variations in function of the patients’ age. One hundred shoulder arthroscopies were recorded to study the macroscopic characteristics of the anterosuperior labrum of the glenohumeral joint and its relationships with the proximal insertion of the tendon of the long head of the biceps. Then, patients were divided into two groups in function of their age (below and over 30 years old). Morphological modifications of the labrum were found in function of the age of the patient with an increase of the nonpathologic “mobile labrum” type after 30 years (P=0.0423). Therefore a mobile and loosely attached superior labrum should not always be considered as abnormal, especially in case of patient older than 30 years.

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  1. Institute of Normal Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital, 4, rue Kirschleger, 67085, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Philippe Clavert, Renée Wolfram-Gabel & Jean-Luc Kahn

  2. Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hautepierre University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

    Philippe Clavert & Jean-François Kempf

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Clavert, P., Kempf, JF., Wolfram-Gabel, R. et al. Are there age induced morphologic variations of the superior glenoid labrum? About 100 shoulder arthroscopies. Surg Radiol Anat 27, 385–388 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-005-0014-7

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