Because of difficulties in diagnosis of pathology of the long head of the biceps tendon and a desire to prevent later complications, there may be a tendency to perform a biceps tenodesis even when pathology is mild. Surprisingly, in this multivariate analysis of a large database, tenodesis of the biceps was associated with increased odds of revision rotator cuff repair. Although the statistical...

In evaluating patients complaining of shoulder pain, ultrasonography is an emerging imaging tool due to convenience, low cost, high sensitivity and specificity. However, normative values of ultrasound dimensions of the shoulder to be compared with pathologic findings in Korean adults are not provided yet. We evaluated the ultrasound dimensions of the rotator cuff, long head of biceps tendon, de...

INTRODUCTION Massive rotator cuff tears (RCTs) in the context of shoulder dislocations are relatively uncommon in the young adult (<40 years) and if reported are more commonly described in association with acute traumatic anterior glenohumeral dislocations. They have rarely been described with posterior dislocations, regardless of patient age. This is the 1st case reported in the context of pos...

Introduction Numerous surgical procedures have been developed to address pathology associated with the long head of the biceps tendon. Tenodesis might be preferred over tenotomy for several reasons, including improved cosmetic appearance, maintenance of elbow flexion and supination strength, and maintenance of the biceps muscle length-tension relationship. To our knowledge, there have been no s...

he distal biceps brachii tendon is an uncommon site for tendon injury, representing 3% of all injuries of the biceps brachii tendon in the literature [1, 2]. There have been many suggestions for optimally imaging the elbow using MRI [3–8]. Axial imaging is often used, providing short-axis images of the tendon, to accurately show the anatomy and disease of the distal biceps tendon. In many circu...

BACKGROUND In the case of rotator cuff tears, the biceps pulley can be stressed by the unstable biceps tendon, and this can subsequently affect the stability of the subscapularis tendon. Therefore, it is important to distinguish between normal variations and lesions of the biceps pulley that affect anterosuperior lesions in cases of rotator cuff tears. METHODS From January 2002 through Novemb...