Disorders of the long head of biceps tendon are common in clinical practice. Their causes could be degenerative, inflammatory, instability (subluxation or luxation) or traumatic. They are generally associated to other diseases of the shoulder, mainly rotator cuff injuries. Currently, there is controversy in the literature regarding the indications for surgical treatment and the choice of the be...

BACKGROUND Failure of closed manipulative reduction of an acute anterior shoulder dislocation is seldom reported in the literature and is usually due to structural blocks such as soft tissue entrapment (biceps, subscapularis, labrum), bony fragments (glenoid, greater tuberosity) and severe head impaction (Hill-Sachs lesion). CASE REPORT We present a case of an irreducible anterior shoulder di...

INTRODUCTION The biceps brachii is one of the muscles of the anterior compartment of the upper arm. It is characteristically described as a two-headed muscle that originates proximally by a long head and a short head. The present study was carried out to find the occurrence of a third head of biceps brachii among a sample Indian population from the southern coastal part. METHODS The arms of 4...

Restoration of elbow flexion in paralytic disorders has taxed the ingenuity of surgeons for half a century. Four types of operation have emerged : 1) proximal transplantation of the flexor or extensor origins of the forearm muscles, or both ; 2) transplantation of triceps to biceps; 3) transplantation of pectoralis major to biceps; and 4) transplantation of sternomastoid to biceps. This communi...

BACKGROUND Pulling the long head of the biceps tendon into the joint at arthroscopy is a common method for evaluation of tendinopathic lesions. However, the rate of missed diagnoses when using this technique is reported to be as high as 30% to 50%. HYPOTHESIS Tendon excursion achieved using a standard arthroscopic probe does not allow adequate visualization of extra-articular sites of predile...

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