Anatomic Single-Incision Repair of Distal Biceps Tendon Ruptures Using Intramedullary Soft Anchors

oleh: Brittany M. Woodall, D.O., Gun Min Youn, B.A., Nicholas Elena, M.D., Alexander Rosinski, M.S., Moyukh Chakrabarti, M.B.B.S., James Gwosdz, M.D., Edward C. Shin, M.D., Neil Pathare, M.D., Patrick J. McGahan, M.D., James L. Chen, M.D., M.P.H.

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

Distal biceps tendon ruptures are uncommon injuries responsible for only 3% of all injuries to the biceps tendon. For most of these cases, unless the patient is elderly or infirm, conservative management should be avoided and the injury should be treated with a surgical procedure to reattach the bicep tendon to the radial tuberosity. In this Technical Note and accompanying video, we describe an anatomic single-incision technique using 2 intramedullary soft anchors, which decreases the likelihood of complications associated with bicortical drilling and metal suspensory fixation.