Biceps Tenodesis: Soft Tissue Techniques

Treatment options for the pathology of the long head of the biceps tendon have included nonoperative management, limited synovectomy, subacromial decompression, repair of rotator cuff pathology, biceps tenotomy, and biceps tenodesis. Current literature for biceps tenodesis has focused on the adaptation of open techniques into arthroscopic procedures. We review the current literature, indications, and techniques used in the armamentarium for treatment of this problem. Good clinical results have been shown with the use of several soft tissue tenodesis techniques for tenodesis of the long head of the biceps.