Bicipital Groove Canine

Bicipital tenosynovitis can be a result of many small tears resulting in inflammation over a period of a number of years or due to an acute injury to the biceps region.

Bicipital groove canine. Impingement of the biceps tendon secondary to supraspinatus tendon swelling as well as possible shoulder instability. Vet comp ortho traum 12 4 188 195 vetmedresource. Long term follow up after arthroscopic tenotomy for partial rupture of the biceps brachii tendon. The shoulder joint can move in flexion extension abduction and adduction through quite a wide range.

The biceps tendon originates from the front part of the scapula shoulder blade. Bicipital tenosynovitis is inflammation of the origin of the biceps tendon and its surrounding tendon sheath. The biceps brachii originates in the supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula passes through the intertubercular groove and inserts on the medial and proximal aspect of the. Causes the cause of this injury in agility dogs appears to be related to repeated strain injury.

The biceps brachii muscle passes from the superior rim of the glenoid fossa over the head of the humerus and through a synovial sheath in the intertubercular groove. Ultrasound allows assessment of the soft tissue components of the biceps tendon and comparison of pathology from one shoulder to the other. Is useful to exclude any concurrent shoulder injury and can show obvious mineralisation within the bicipital groove where the biceps tendon inserts. Javma 207 2 201 7 pubmed.

Bardet j f 1999 lesions of the biceps tendon diagnosis and classification. The biceps tendon is kept in place by the transverse humeral ligament. J an anim hosp assoc 2002 38 169 175 11bergenhuyzen alr vermote kag van bree h and van ryssen b. Stobie d wallace l j lipowitz a j king v lund e m 1995 chronic bicipital tenosynovitis in dogs 29 cases 1985 1992.

Canine biceps tendon tear bicipital tenosynovitis is a chronic tendonitis affecting the shoulder joint in mid to older aged sporting breeds. Bicipital tenosynovitis is a pathological condition in which there is inflammation of the tendon sheaths that surround the biceps tendons. What is biceps tendinopathy canine. 10wall cr and taylor r arthroscopic biceps brachii tenotomy as a treatment for canine bicipital tenosynovitis.

The bicipital groove intertubercular groove sulcus intertubercularis is a deep groove on the humerus that separates the greater tubercle from the lesser tubercle the bicipital groove lodges the long tendon of the biceps brachii between the tendon of the pectoralis major on the lateral lip and the tendon of the teres major on the medial lip. This includes hitting the ground or agility contacts on an outstretched forelimb slipping. The normal ultrasonographic anatomy of the canine biceps brachii tendon as well as ultrasonographic aspects of bicipital tendinitis and tenosynovitis have been widely described in dogs bruce et.