Tear of the quadriceps tendon after revision or primary total knee arthroplasty is a rare complication, but when it occurs, this injury has serious functional consequences. In complete tears, the outcome of direct repair is unpredictable, and several authors recommend that the suture should be reinforced. Several techniques have been described, including the use of autografts, allografts, and s...

The authors report this case of a 48-year-old male patient sustaining a complete tear of the biceps tendon and associated radial head subluxation. A restriction of supination-pronation of the forearm was noted as a result of the radial head subluxation. The complete tear of the biceps tendon was treated conservatively and the radial head subluxation corrected itself.

Background: For surgical treatment of symptomatic partial rotator cuff tears, 2 repair techniques, i.e., arthroscopic trans-tendon repair and arthroscopic repair after conversion to full thickness tear, were widely used and satisfactory clinical outcomes have been reported. However, no study has seen for the direct evaluation of repair integrity after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using seco...

UNLABELLED The present study sought to identify full-thickness rotator cuff tears liable to induce an acromiohumeral distance (AHD) of less than 6 mm. The hypothesis was that, less than 6mm AHD is found exclusively in association with total full-thickness infraspinatus tear. MATERIALS A continuous single-center series recruited 109 shoulders, free of glenohumeral osteoarthritis, presenting wi...

AIMS The main aim of this article is an analysis of both advantages and disadvantages of the modern solutions of treatment - percutaneous surgery, in comparison with the classic methods of treatments described in the surgery of Achilles' tendon. PATIENTS AND METHOD The study was conducted on 23 patients admitted to the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic of Cluj-Napoca between January 2011-Ju...

We evaluated whether matrix metalloproteases and their inhibitors are involved in extracellular matrix remodelling and degradation of chronic rotator cuff tears. Tendon samples were harvested from 13 patients who underwent arthroscopic repair of a rotator cuff tear. Supraspinatus specimens were harvested en bloc from the arthroscopically intact middle portion of the tendon, more than 1 cm later...

Abstract This report is of an osseous metaplasia the transverse humeral ligament and secondary bicipital tenosynovitis in a 10-year-old Bengal cat. Computed tomography revealed presence bridge enclosing groove, with ultrasonography confirming partial tear inflammation tendon. Initial conservative management intra-articular long-acting steroids failed to provide long-term improvement clinical si...

BACKGROUND We herein describe a surgical technique for the repair of complete tear of the pectoralis major (PM) tendon using endobuttons to strengthen initial fixation. METHODS Five male patients (3 judo players, 1 martial arts player, and 1 body builder) were treated within 2 weeks of sustaining complete tear of the PM tendon. Average age at surgery and follow-up period were 28.4 years (rang...

Tuberculous infection of the hand is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that, left untreated, can cause serious joint and tendon damage. We report the case of a 65-year-old male patient who presented with an insidious flexor weakness of the fifth finger but without any history of trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a partial tear of the fifth finger flexor tendon with a fluid co...