Introduction The biceps brachii muscle is the primary forearm supinator and a secondary elbow flexor. The pathophysiology of distal tendon ruptures is still unclear. Patients with chronic rupture ...

Introduction Three percent of all biceps tendon ruptures occur at the distal aspect, the rupture typically occuring in middle aged males after an eccentric extension load is applied to the elbow.

Three 1-cm-wide strips are cut from the end of the graft and then placed obliquely across the Achilles tendon defect. After suturing the strips to the proximal and distal tendon stumps ...