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  • The study compares 30-day adverse event rates between two surgical procedures for biceps pathology: open biceps tenodesis and biceps tenotomy.
  • Analysis was conducted on data from over 12,000 patients using statistical methods to ensure accuracy, revealing that tenodesis procedures had lower rates of complications, while tenotomy had higher rates of adverse events like sepsis and reoperation.
  • Overall, both procedures are considered safe, but tenodesis is associated with fewer complications and a higher likelihood of being performed as an outpatient procedure.

Article Abstract

Purpose: To compare 30-day postoperative rates of adverse events, particularly infection rates, between open biceps tenodesis and biceps tenotomy.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program was filtered using codes to identify patients undergoing open biceps tenodesis and tenotomy from 2010 to 2021. Patients were divided into cohorts based on procedure type. Propensity score matching was used to account for confounding variables. Statistical analyses were conducted to compare 30-day postoperative outcomes between cohorts, as well as to evaluate secondary risk factors for complications.

Results: Overall, 12,367 patients were included in the study with 11,417 undergoing open biceps tenodesis and 950 undergoing biceps tenotomy. After matching, 1,900 patients were included in the final analysis. The rate of outpatient procedures in the tenodesis cohort was significantly higher than in the tenotomy cohort. Rates of any adverse event (AAE), sepsis, pneumonia, reoperation, and extended length of stay (LOS) were significantly higher in the tenotomy cohort compared with the tenodesis cohort. There was no difference in infection rates or wound dehiscence between the 2 groups. After multivariable analysis, increasing age, longer operative time, and history of bleeding disorders were associated with significantly higher odds of developing AAE.

Conclusions: In this study, we found that tenotomy and open tenodesis are both safe options for treatment of biceps pathology. The overall rate of developing AAE and the rate of postoperative sepsis were higher in the tenotomy cohort. In addition, rates of postoperative infection and wound dehiscence did not vary between the 2 groups. Small differences were additionally observed in rates of pneumonia, return to the operating room, and extended LOS, and these rates were higher in the tenotomy cohort.

Level Of Evidence: Level III, retrospective comparative study.

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