title: Suture anchor and percutaneous intra-articular transtendon biceps tenodesis.
abstract: Several arthroscopic biceps tenodesis techniques have been described for surgical management of tendonitis and/or partial thickness tears of the long head of the biceps brachii tendon resulting in recalcitrant anterior shoulder pain. This chapter describes an arthroscopic tenodesis using percutaneous intra-articular transtendon technique with suture anchor fixation. The percutaneous technique allows excellent access to the biceps tendon, and the addition of a suture anchor provides superior fixation to isolated soft tissue fixation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moros
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011379:Prognosis; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D053441:Suture Anchors; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D053656:Tenodesis / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome