The glenoid track in question: biomechanical considerations for combined inferior glenohumeral ligament repair with glenoid bone loss
Dr Parth Aphale, Himanshu Shekhar, Shashank Dokania · 2026
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Parth Aphale, Himanshu Shekhar, and Shashank Dokania wrote this 2026 letter to question a recent lab study on shoulder repair. The study had found that fixing a back ligament band, along with the usual front repair, held the shoulder joint steadier even with a fifth of the socket bone missing.
The letter writers praise the data but doubt the injury model behind it. Real front dislocations, they note, tend to stretch that back band rather than tear it across the full span the lab modeled. They also fault the study for ignoring a dent injury on the ball side of the joint. Future work, they urge, should split fresh tears from slow stretching.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dr Parth Aphale, Himanshu Shekhar, Shashank Dokania |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |