Purpose. Biceps long head pathology is often associated with rotator cuff tears. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of possible associated biceps procedure on the treatment outcome in rotator cuff repair. Methods. 148 consecutive shoulders operated for isolated full-thickness supraspinatus tendon tear were included. A biceps tenotomy or tenodesis was performed in cases of irritat...

Incomplete healing and/or functional failure following rotator cuff tear repair remains a challenging problem for both patients and surgeons. Augmentation strategies are growing to increase through biologic mechanical mechanisms improve results after arthroscopic repair. The majority of currently described augmentation techniques use allograft tissue. An alternative, low-cost, autograft option ...

BACKGROUND Complete rupture of the distal biceps tendon from its osseous attachment is most often treated with operative intervention. Knowledge of the overall tendon morphology as well as the orientation of the collagenous fibers throughout the musculotendinous junction are key to intraoperative decision making and surgical technique in both the acute and chronic setting. Unfortunately, there ...

BACKGROUND To report the results of an arthroscopic percutaneous repair technique for partial-thickness tears of the anterosuperior cuff combined with a biceps lesion. METHODS The inclusion criteria were evidence of the upper subscapularis tendon tear and an articular side partial-thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon, degeneration of the biceps long head or degenerative superior labrum ...

Biceps tendinopathy is a relatively common ailment that typically presents as pain, tenderness, and weakness in the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii. Though it is often associated with degenerative processes of the rotator cuff and the joint, this is not always the case, thus, the etiology remains considerably unknown. There has been recent interest in elucidating the pathogenesis ...

The aim of this study was to present the distribution and representation of shoulder ultrasonographic (US) examination findings in patients with diagnosis of humeroscapular periarthritis. US examination findings in 141 patients, that is 147 symptomatic shoulders with diagnosis of humeroscapular periarthritis, were evaluated retrospectively. Outcomes of ultrasonography were distributed in groups...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between hemiplegic shoulder pain factors during the acute and chronic stages of stroke recovery. DESIGN A prospective longitudinal study. SUBJECTS Seventy-six stroke patients with hemiplegic shoulders. METHODS Hemiplegic shoulder pain and clinical, physical, and sonography results were recorded at admission and during both acute (before discharge) ...

Core decompression may used in the management of early stage, precollapse nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the humeral head. We propose a technique without risk of complications associated with injury to the biceps tendon or the blood supply to the humeral head.

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