Volume 26, Issue 121, March 2022

Avulsion of triceps tendon - a rare entity

Ankit Mittal¹, Siddharth Jain^2♦, Ankit Jaiswal³, Sandeep Shrivastava⁴

¹Post Graduate Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe University, Sawangi (Wardha), Maharashtra, India
²Assisstant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe University, Sawangi (Wardha), Maharashtra, India
³Post Graduate Resident, Department of Orthopaedic, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe University, Sawangi (Wardha), Maharashtra, India
⁴Professor, Department of Orthopaedic, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe University, Sawangi (Wardha), Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Background: The Avulsion of triceps muscle tendon is a very uncommon tendinous damage. Avulsions could be partial and/or entire, and they can be fractured or not. The most obvious source of injury is a fall onto an extended hand; however injuries can also occur following direct contact. Diagnosis will be aided by a great degree of suspicion, physical assessment for a palpable gap, and lateral radiographs exhibiting a "flake fracture”. Early detection and surgically repairing a full rupture typically leads in favorable outcomes. Case presentation: We show a case presentation of avulsion of triceps tendon coupled with olecranon chip fracture that was reduced and stabilized with two k-wires and later reinforced with tension band wiring. As a consequence, the patient had a strong complete motion of joint and power equivalent to the contralateral area. A great degree of suspicion, physical assessment for a palpable gap, and lateral radiography for a “flake fracture” will all assist to confirm triceps avulsion.

Keywords: Triceps avulsion, K wire, tension band wiring

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms107e2164

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i121/ms107e2164

Published: 25 March 2022