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ReviewSkeletal radiology2021

MRI findings of chronic distal tendon biceps reconstruction and associated post-operative findings.

Dylan N Greif, Samuel H Huntley, Sameer Alidina, Julianne Muñoz, Joseph H Huntley, Harry G Greditzer, Jean Jose

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Review in Skeletal radiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Distal Biceps Brachii Rupture.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Dylan N GreifUniversity of Miami Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Samuel H HuntleyUniversity of Miami Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Sameer AlidinaUniversity of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.
Julianne MuñozUniversity of Miami Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Joseph H HuntleyEast Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Harry G GreditzerDepartment of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA.
Jean JoseUniversity of Miami Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Coral Gables, FL, USA. jjose@med.miami.edu.
Jackson Memorial Hospital · USEastern Virginia Medical School · USHospital for Special Surgery · USUniversity of Miami · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

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Tendon InjuriesAgedArmHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingRuptureTendonsAllograftAutograftChronic distal biceps tendonDistal biceps tendonMRI study of chronic distal biceps tearReconstructionTear

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PMID33236235
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