The Elongation of Biceps Muscle Tendon Unit After Rerouting of the Long Head of Biceps Tendon as Superior Capsular Augmentation: A Quantitative Measurement.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the elongation of the biceps muscle tendon unit after rerouting of the long head of the biceps tendon without transection, with and without release of the transverse humeral ligament in a 3-dimensional model.

Methods

A total of 60 sets of computed tomography images of shoulders were acquired, and a point-cloud model was generated after 3-dimensional reconstruction. Simulation of rerouting of the long head of the biceps tendon was performed by assuming that the long head of the biceps tendon travels to the center of the greater tuberosity from the supraglenoid tubercle and then back to the bicipital groove distally, with or without the release of the transverse humeral ligament. The elongation of the biceps muscle tendon un

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588644 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature