Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major

Pectoralis major (PM) tendon ruptures are well documented in the literature; however, PM full-thickness intramuscular rupture of the muscle belly is rare, with only 6 other cases reported to date.1,3,4,6,16,17 Five of the 6 cases were surgically repaired. Four of these reported good to excellent res...

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Main Authors: Green, Chadwick, Wang, Allan, Henderson, Jon, Ebert, Jay, Edwards, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78885
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author Green, Chadwick
Wang, Allan
Henderson, Jon
Ebert, Jay
Edwards, Peter
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Wang, Allan
Henderson, Jon
Ebert, Jay
Edwards, Peter
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description Pectoralis major (PM) tendon ruptures are well documented in the literature; however, PM full-thickness intramuscular rupture of the muscle belly is rare, with only 6 other cases reported to date.1,3,4,6,16,17 Five of the 6 cases were surgically repaired. Four of these reported good to excellent results,3,16,17 based on the Bak Criteria,3 though they did not include both pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or assess other outcome measures such as high-level functional tests. One case was treated conservatively and did not achieve an “excellent” outcome17; however, the exact outcome was not specifically reported. We present the only case to our knowledge with pre- and postoperative MRI, Bak Criteria assessment, and postoperative PM-specific functional testing—including isokinetic dynamometer strength, maximal arm active range of motion, and functional scores.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-788852020-04-30T01:29:50Z Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major Green, Chadwick Wang, Allan Henderson, Jon Ebert, Jay Edwards, Peter Pectoralis major (PM) tendon ruptures are well documented in the literature; however, PM full-thickness intramuscular rupture of the muscle belly is rare, with only 6 other cases reported to date.1,3,4,6,16,17 Five of the 6 cases were surgically repaired. Four of these reported good to excellent results,3,16,17 based on the Bak Criteria,3 though they did not include both pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or assess other outcome measures such as high-level functional tests. One case was treated conservatively and did not achieve an “excellent” outcome17; however, the exact outcome was not specifically reported. We present the only case to our knowledge with pre- and postoperative MRI, Bak Criteria assessment, and postoperative PM-specific functional testing—including isokinetic dynamometer strength, maximal arm active range of motion, and functional scores. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78885 10.1016/j.jses.2019.10.006 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle Green, Chadwick
Wang, Allan
Henderson, Jon
Ebert, Jay
Edwards, Peter
Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major
title Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major
title_full Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major
title_fullStr Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major
title_full_unstemmed Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major
title_short Successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major
title_sort successful surgical repair of a full-thickness intramuscular muscle belly rupture of pectoralis major
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78885