Biceps long head tendon revisited: A case report of split tendon arising from single origin

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-498

  Kim, Kyung Cheon ^a   Rhee, Kwang Jin ^a   Shin, Hyun Dae ^a   Kim, Young Mo ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Biceps tendon; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; ARM; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDONS;

EID: 41949129536     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0387-7     Document Type: Article

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