Failure Rates of SLAP Repair Compared With Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis for Young Military Patients With Type 2 SLAP at 10-Year Follow-up

At the minimum 10-year follow-up, 40% of the military cohort younger than 35 years of age treated with SLAP repair experienced treatment failure and underwent subsequent revision to biceps tenodesis, compared with no revisions in patients who underwent biceps tenodesis as the index procedure. Furthermore, even with successful SLAP repair, patient-reported outcomes were inferior to those after biceps tenodesis. Overall, this study suggests that biceps tenodesis is superior to SLAP repair for the treatment of type 2 SLAP tears in active-duty military patients younger than 35 years of age.