The Shoulder joint is composed of a ball and a socket where the bony socket is very shallow. This offers a wide range of mobility in all directions. To provide stability to the shoulder, nature envelops it into a soft tissue cover. This is called the capsule-labral complex.

In cases where this soft tissue envelop is lax posteriorly, we plicate or double breast the tissue using anchored threads. This procedure is called posterior plication. Cases with generalised laxity facing posterior instability are candidates for posterior plication.

The desicion of surgical procedure is intra-operatively taken with pre-operative councelling for its need. For more information please feel free to consult our orthopedic team or contact us.