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Pain, function, and QoL similar between tenodesis and tenotomy for LHBT lesions

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February 2019

Pain, function, and QoL similar between tenodesis and tenotomy for LHBT lesions

Vol: 8| Issue: 2| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:2

Tenodesis is not superior to tenotomy in the treatment of the long head of biceps tendon lesions

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jan;26(1):169-175

Contributing Authors:
O Galasso DA Riccelli G Gasparini R Castricini M De Benedetto F Familiari M De Gori N Orlando

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Synopsis

69 patients with a long head of the biceps tendon lesion and full-thickness supraspinatus tear were randomized to management of the LHBT lesion through either tenodesis or tenotomy. Patients were assessed over 24-month follow-up for function as the primary outcome, as well as pain, quality of life, range of motion, strength, cosmesis, tendon integrity on ultrasound, and complication rate as second...

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