Arthroscopic Intra-articular Biceps Tenodesis With All-Suture Anchor
Kevin C. Wang, Jeffrey J. Theismann, Elliot Cole, Alan L. Zhang

TL;DR
This paper describes a minimally invasive surgical technique for treating biceps tendon issues in the shoulder using arthroscopic tenodesis with an all-suture anchor.
Contribution
The novel contribution is a specific arthroscopic technique using a top-of-the-groove all-suture anchor for biceps tenodesis.
Findings
The technique is time-efficient, cost-effective, and allows for easy tension maintenance during surgery.
Clinical results using this method have been excellent with no reported cases of tenodesis failure.
The technique is suitable for various biceps-related pathologies and has shown comparable outcomes to other tenodesis methods.
Abstract
Biceps tenodesis can be used to treat both superior labral anterior and posterior (SLAP) tears and degenerative biceps pathologies in the setting of rotator cuff pathology or as stand-alone techniques. Research has shown that arthroscopic biceps tenodesis has comparable outcomes to open tenodesis with the benefit of being less invasive. Surgical indications for intra-articular tenodesis of the long head of the biceps (LHB) include SLAP tear, failed SLAP repair, partial-thickness LHB tear, biceps instability, tenosynovitis, and clinical examination consistent with LHB pain. We present our technique for arthroscopic intra-articular biceps tenodesis with a top-of-the-groove all-suture anchor using percutaneous suture passage with a spinal needle and polydioxanone suture. Sutures are shuttled through the LHB in situ before releasing the tendon from the labrum. The authors have seen…
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TopicsShoulder Injury and Treatment · Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment · Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
