Taber's Medical Dictionary
Bankart lesion
(bang′kărt )
[Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart, Brit. orthopedic surgeon, 1879-1951]
An avulsion injury of the anterior capsule and labrum of the glenoid rim of the glenohumeral joint. This lesion is a common cause of recurrent anterior glenohumeral dislocations or anterior glenohumeral instability.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Bankart Lesion." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763558/0/Bankart_lesion.
Bankart lesion. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763558/0/Bankart_lesion. Accessed October 8, 2026.
Bankart lesion. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763558/0/Bankart_lesion
Bankart Lesion [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763558/0/Bankart_lesion.
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