Table 2.
Studies included, with description of pathogenic mechanism, type of lesion and therapeutic approach.
| Author | Study | Pathogenic Mechanism | Type of Lesion | Treatment |
| Neviaser (1993) | The GLAD Lesion: Another Cause of Anterior Shoulder Pain | Forced adduction from an abducted and external rotated position | GLAD | Debridement of labral tear, glenoid articular chondroplasty or abrasion arthroplasty |
| Sanders et al. (1998) | The Glenolabral Articular Disruption Lesion: MR Arthrography with Arthroscopic Correlation | Forced adduction from an abducted and external rotated position | GLAD | |
| Amrami et al. (2002) | Radiologic case study. Glenolabral articular disruption (GLAD) lesion | Abduction and external rotation, anterior dislocation and recurrent instability | GLAD | Lateral repair and capsular shift |
| Singh et al. (2003) | MRI of Shoulder Instability: State of the Art | Fall on adducted shoulder | GARD | |
| Waldt et al. (2005) | Anterior Shoulder Instability: Accuracy of MR Arthrography in the Classification of Anteroinferior Labroligamentous Injuries | Instability and impaction of the humeral head against the glenoid | GLAD | |
| Antonio et al. (2007) | First-Time Shoulder Dislocation: High Prevalence of Labral Injury and Age Related Differences revealed by MR Arthrography | First anterior shoulder dislocation | GLAD | |
| Page et al. (2010) | Arthroscopic repair of a chondrolabral lesion associated with anterior glenohumeral dislocation | Shoulder dislocation | GLAF | Reconstruction of the labrum and suture of the cartilage flap |
| O’Brien et al. (2012) | Frequency of glenoid chondral lesions on MR arthrography in patients with anterior shoulder instability | Anterior shoulder instability | GLAD | |
| Galano et al. (2013) | Articular Shear of the Anterior-Inferior Quadrant of the Glenoid: A Glenolabral Articular Disruption Lesion Variant | Shoulder subluxation | GLAD variant | Bankart repair, one removal of the cartilage and microfractures, one suture of the cartilage flap |
| Zhu et al. (2013) | Arthroscopic findings in the recurrent anterior instability of the shoulder | Recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation | GLAD | |
| Lederman et al. (2018) | The Glenoid Labral Articular Teardrop Lesion: A Chondrolabral Injury With Distinct Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings | 67% of patients had sustained an episode of instability | GLAT | |
| Pogorzelski et al. (2018) | Failure following arthroscopic Bankart repair for traumatic anteroinferior instability of the shoulder: is a glenoid labral articular disruption (GLAD) lesion a risk factor for recurrent instability? | Shoulder instability | GLAD | Debridement of cartilage defect, microfractures and advancement of Bankart repair into the defect |
| Agarwalla et al. (2019) | Concurrent Primary Repair of a Glenoid Labrum Articular Disruption and a Bankart Lesion in an Adolescent: A Case Report of a Novel Technique | Shoulder dislocation | GLAD | Suture of labrum and cartilage flap |
| 13 Studies | At least 4 different mechanisms | 5 Variants | Not a unique treatment |