title: Footprint contact restoration between the biceps-labrum complex and the glenoid rim in SLAP repair: a comparative cadaveric study using pressure-sensitive film.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare pressurized footprint contact and interface pressure between the biceps-labrum complex and the superior glenoid rim after SLAP repair using 3 different techniques.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four fresh-frozen human cadaveric shoulders were divided into 3 groups. SLAP lesions were repaired by (1) 2 single-loaded anchors in a simple suture configuration (group T), (2) a double-loaded anchor in a simple suture configuration in a V shape (group V), or (3) a double-loaded anchor by use of a hybrid simple and mattress suture configuration (group H). Pressure-sensitive film quantified pressurized contact areas and interface pressures between the biceps-labrum complex and the glenoid rim after SLAP repair.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Groups T and V showed significantly larger contact areas than group H (P < .0001). However, there was no significant difference between groups T and V. Despite a substantial contact area around the biceps-labrum complex in group T, there was a lack of sufficient contact area just below the biceps anchor. Group V showed a uniform contact area around the entire biceps-labrum complex, but in group H the contact area was concentrated only around the posterior superior labrum, where the simple suture was used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The methods using 2 single-loaded suture anchors and using 1 double-loaded suture anchor with a simple suture configuration showed significantly larger pressurized contact areas than the method using 1 double-loaded suture anchor with both a simple and mattress suture configuration. The interface pressure was not significantly different among groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although there have been several kinds of repair techniques and biomechanical studies for the type II SLAP lesion, there has been no study about footprint restoration on the superior glenoid rim. This study analyzed and compared the footprint contact restoration after type II SLAP repair among 3 different techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Arthroscopy and Joint Research Institute, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Su-Keon
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Hoo
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yong-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D011312:Pressure; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D053441:Suture Anchors; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures