title: Loose bodies in a sublabral recess: diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: A case of a 26-year-old male with symptoms resulting from loose bodies residing in a sublabral recess is presented. Operative intervention using the standard arthroscopic portals in addition to an accessory posterior portal was successful in removing the loose bodies and approximating the edges of the sublabral foramen. The shoulder is a complex region made up of numerous anatomic structures, which if damaged may be responsible for a patient's pathology. Normal anatomic variations also exist, which in certain situations, may contribute to a patient's presentation. One example of a normal anatomic variation is the sublabral foramen, which represents an unattached anterosuperior labrum.
authors.affiliation: NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 301 East 17th Street, New York, New York 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Deenesh T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Sahajpal
authors.forename: Laith
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jazrawi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology*