Surgical Repair Using Suture Bridge Technique for Triceps Tendon Avulsion

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Schematic illustration for the repair of triceps tendon rupture or avulsion. The conventional transosseous technique involves passing nonabsorbable sutures placed in the triceps tendon through bone tunnels in the olecranon and tying them together over a bony bridge (a). In the suture anchor technique described by Yeh et al., the triceps tendon is repaired using four suture anchors and nonabsorbable sutures placed in the triceps tendon (Yeh et al., 2010) (b). Most of the reports about conventional transosseous or suture anchor technique have used the Krackow whipstitch technique for the triceps tendon (a, b). In our patient, the avulsed fragments and triceps tendon were reduced and fixed using the suture bridge technique after suture anchors were inserted proximal and distal to the ulnar fracture site (c).

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