Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler underwent shoulder surgery after an injury that will make him miss the rest of the season. Kessler had the procedure to repair a labral tear on Thursday in Los Angeles.

SLAP tear surgery is a procedure used to repair injured shoulder cartilage. It involves making small incisions around the shoulder joint and using specialized instruments to repair or reconstruct the ...

Ja Morant's name mysteriously appeared on the injury report ahead of Sunday's game against the Phoenix Suns. There were no signs two days earlier after beating the Los Angeles Lakers that the Memphis ...

IN THIS MORNING’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR. LABRAL INJURIES MAY BE MORE COMMON IN WOMEN, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE’VE GOT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER. DOCTOR GREGORY GASPARO JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ...

When hip or shoulder pain disrupts your life, the cause could be a labral tear. But what does that mean? Orthopedic surgeon Stephen Aoki, MD, breaks down what a labral tear is, how this injury happens ...

Tears to the glenoid labrum—cartilage tissue that lines the shoulder where the arm joins—can be repaired with arthroscopic surgery, which significantly weakens the joint and involves a lengthy ...

A SLAP tear is a shoulder injury that involves the top part of the labrum—the ring of cartilage that surrounds your shoulder socket. Your labrum helps keep your shoulder stable. SLAP stands for ...

TREATED. THE LABRUM IS A RIM OF CARTILAGE AROUND THE SHOULDER SOCKET THAT STABILIZES THE JOINT. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, INJURING IT CAN BE EXTREMELY PAINFUL. DOCTOR GREGORY GASPARO SAYS THAT OVERUSE ...