Effect of age, gender, and body mass index on incidence and satisfaction of a Popeye deformity following biceps tenotomy or tenodesis: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of Popeye deformity following biceps tenotomy vs. tenodesis and evaluate risk factors and subjective and objective outcomes.

Methods: Data for this study were collected as part of a randomized clinical trial in which patients aged ≥18 years undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery for a long head of the biceps tendon lesion were allocated to undergo tenotomy or tenodesis.

Plate fixation of olecranon osteotomies.

The management of intra-articular distal humeral fractures remains a difficult surgical problem. Although an olecranon osteotomy provides excellent exposure for management of these fractures, a number of complications can occur after the creation and repair of the osteotomy including nonunion, malunion, hardware failure, and pain secondary to prominent hardware. In an effort to reduce the incidence of these complications, the senior authors now use contoured 3.