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Snapping biceps femoris tendon treated with an anatomic repair

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Three patients were seen for pain and snapping over the lateral aspect of their symptomatic knee during deep knee flexion. On physical examination, each patient had subluxation of the long head of the biceps over the lateral aspect of the fibular head. Each patient underwent an anatomic repair of the torn anterior arms of the short and long biceps femoris to their anatomic insertion sites with suture anchors. All patients had normal return of function without pain or further subluxation events.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2450 Riverside Avenue South, R200, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA

    Andrew S. Bernhardson & Robert F. LaPrade

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Bernhardson, A.S., LaPrade, R.F. Snapping biceps femoris tendon treated with an anatomic repair. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 18, 1110–1112 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-009-1018-3

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