Rupture of the distal biceps brachii tendon: Conservative treatment versus anatomic reinsertion - Clinical and radiological evaluation after 2 years

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 705-708

  Chillemi, Claudio ^a   Marinelli, Mario ^b   De Cupis, Vincenzo ^a  

^a Istituto Chirurgico Ortopedico Traumatologico   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomic reinsertion; Conservative treatment; Traumatic distal tendon ruptures of the biceps brachii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; ELBOW; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONATION; RADIAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SUPINATION; SUTURE ANCHORS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548154539     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0326-7     Document Type: Article

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