title: Triceps tears in athletes: different injury patterns and surgical treatment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Triceps muscle tears requiring surgical treatment are uncommon injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present 10 cases, all of them were athletes. All these patients were treated surgically between 1993 and 2009. Three operations were performed in the acute phase and the rest seven cases an average of 6 months (range 3-12 months) after the primary injury. The mean follow-up period after surgery was 6 years (range 2-9 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The result was evaluated to be excellent in five cases, good in four, and fair in one patient. All except one patient were able to resume full training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results show that surgical treatment seems to be beneficial in severe triceps tears even after failed conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Mehiläinen Sports Trauma Research Center, Mehiläinen Hospital and Sports Clinic, Turku, Finland. lasse.lempainen@utu.fi
authors.forename: Lasse
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lempainen
authors.forename: Janne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarimo
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rawlins
authors.forename: Jouni
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heikkilä
authors.forename: Sakari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome