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Rt. shoulder labrum tear 3 to 5 'o clock pos. in mri. ortho. refer this as shoulder instablity, pain moderate for 1.5 y, i need do to ar.scopy repair?

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Dr. Daniel Solomon answered

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Only if MRI=exam : If you have activity related pain and had an injury, and the MRI shows a bankart/labral tear, then you should consider an arthroscopy. If no injury, or pain does not correlate to labral tear area, then surgery would be a last opion.

Answered 6/10/2014

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A member asked:

Rt. shoulder labrum tear 3 to 5 'o clock pos. in mri. ortho. refer this as shoulder instablity, pain moderate for 1.5 y, i need do to ar.scopy repair?

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