Abstract
Rupture of the distal biceps tendon is becoming increasingly diagnosed due to an active aging population and an increase in diagnostic imaging opportunities. While physical exam may help in diagnosis, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is particularly useful in evaluating chronic rupture. Although partial tears can be managed conservatively, the gold standard treatment for a chronic distal biceps tear is anatomic reinsertion with additional use of an allograft or autograft. No study has highlighted the normal appearance and postsurgical complications seen on MRI associated with allograft or autograft usage. Clinicians and radiologists may be unaware of the normal and abnormal post-operative imaging findings and their clinical relevance. The purpose of this manuscript is to discuss the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and preoperative MRI findings of distal biceps ruptures necessitating reconstruction, to explain distal biceps tendon surgical reconstruction technique with allograft or autograft usage, to display the normal and abnormal post-operative MRI findings, and to review the clinical outcomes associated with the procedure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1095-1109 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Skeletal Radiology |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Allograft
- Autograft
- Chronic distal biceps tendon
- Distal biceps tendon
- MRI study of chronic distal biceps tear
- Reconstruction
- Tear
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging