Anomalous Biceps Femoris Tendon Insertion Leading to a Snapping Knee in a Young Male

Snapping biceps femoris tendon is an uncommon problem that can be caused by various anatomical aberrations around the knee joint. There are several case reports in the literature describing some of these anatomical variations and their treatment. We present a case of unilateral snapping biceps femor...

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Autores principales: Fritsch, Brett A, Mhaskar, Vikram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Knee Society 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28545180
http://dx.doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.15.067
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description Snapping biceps femoris tendon is an uncommon problem that can be caused by various anatomical aberrations around the knee joint. There are several case reports in the literature describing some of these anatomical variations and their treatment. We present a case of unilateral snapping biceps femoris tendon due to a previously unreported anatomical variation, our technique for successful surgical treatment, and a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-54505772017-06-02 Anomalous Biceps Femoris Tendon Insertion Leading to a Snapping Knee in a Young Male Fritsch, Brett A Mhaskar, Vikram Knee Surg Relat Res Case Report Snapping biceps femoris tendon is an uncommon problem that can be caused by various anatomical aberrations around the knee joint. There are several case reports in the literature describing some of these anatomical variations and their treatment. We present a case of unilateral snapping biceps femoris tendon due to a previously unreported anatomical variation, our technique for successful surgical treatment, and a review of the literature. Korean Knee Society 2017-06 2017-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5450577/ /pubmed/28545180 http://dx.doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.15.067 Text en Copyright © 2017 Korean Knee Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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