Digastric olecranon osteotomy: feasibility study of a new approach to the elbow.

Purpose: None of the multiple posterior approaches to the elbow simultaneously satisfies the following three properties: good articular surface exposure, attention to the extensor apparatus continuity and olecranon vascularization. This study aims to describe a new approach to the elbow: digastric olecranon osteotomy.

Methods: Nine anatomical subjects were prepared.

Contribution to the study of the pathogenesis of type II superior labrum anterior-posterior lesions: a cadaveric model of a fall on the outstretched hand.

With a cadaveric model, we studied the effects on the superior labrum-biceps tendon complex of a fall on the outstretched hand to assess one of the supposed mechanisms of creation of superior labrum anterior-posterior (SLAP) lesions. Ten shoulders were used to simulate either a forward or a backward fall with a custom shoulder-testing apparatus capable of simulating muscle forces, attached to a servohydraulic testing machine (INSTRON 8500+). Impaction of the humeral head on the glenoid cavity was applied in 0.