Return to play after treatment of superior labral tears in professional baseball players.

Background: The published return-to-play (RTP) rates for athletes who have undergone surgical repair of superior labrum anterior-posterior (SLAP) tears vary widely and are generally accepted to be lower in the subset of competitive throwers. The efficacy of nonsurgical treatment for this group is unknown.

Hypothesis: Nonsurgical treatment of SLAP tears in professional baseball players leads to RTP before consideration of surgical treatment.

Vertically oriented femoral neck fractures: mechanical analysis of four fixation techniques.

Objective: Femoral neck fractures in young individuals are typically high angled shear fractures. These injuries are difficult to stabilize due to a strong varus displacement force across the hip with weight bearing. The purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanical stability of four differing fixation techniques for stabilizing vertical shear femoral neck fractures.