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Preoperative MRI (scanned from hard copy) with arrows indicating the complete distal triceps tendon rupture at its insertion at the olecranon in a sagittal (a) and transverse (b) view.
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MRI performed four days after trauma confirmed the diagnosis of a complete distal triceps tendon avulsion (Figure 1).
Intraoperative aspect indicating (a) the ruptured and retracted distal triceps tendon and (b) the synthetic tendon allograft already positioned through the olecranon (O). Suture anchors were placed afterwards.
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Via a transverse drill hole through the olecranon the construct could be tightened, approximating the synthetic augmented distal triceps tendon close to the olecranon insertion (Figure 2).