Abbas MJ, Buckley P, Shah S, Okoroha KR. Simultaneous repair of bilateral pectoralis major tendons: A case report. World J Orthop 2021; 12(10): 802-810 [PMID: 34754836 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v12.i10.802]
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Muhammad J Abbas, BSc, Research Fellow, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Dearborn, MI 48124, United States. fh1408@wayne.edu
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Orthopedics
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Case Report
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World J Orthop. Oct 18, 2021; 12(10): 802-810 Published online Oct 18, 2021. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v12.i10.802
Simultaneous repair of bilateral pectoralis major tendons: A case report
Muhammad J Abbas, Patrick Buckley, Sabin Shah, Kelechi R Okoroha
Muhammad J Abbas, Patrick Buckley, Sabin Shah, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Dearborn, MI 48124, United States
Kelechi R Okoroha, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, MN 55403, United States
Author contributions: Okoroha KR, Shah S, Buckley P, and Abbas MJ were members of the patients care team and reviewed the literature and contributed to manuscript writing; Okoroha KR and Shah S were the orthopaedic surgeons who managed the patient operatively; Buckley P and Abbas MJ recorded the operative technique and captured images of the patients in the perioperative setting; all authors contributed to revisions of the manuscript and issued approval on the draft submitted.
Informed consent statement: Consent was obtained from the patient prior to the writing of this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors have no disclosures. No outside funding contributed towards the completion of this case report.
CARE Checklist (2016) statement: CARE guidelines were followed during the completion of this case report.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Muhammad J Abbas, BSc, Research Fellow, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Dearborn, MI 48124, United States. fh1408@wayne.edu
Received: March 18, 2021 Peer-review started: March 18, 2021 First decision: June 7, 2021 Revised: June 20, 2021 Accepted: August 20, 2021 Article in press: August 20, 2021 Published online: October 18, 2021
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Injuries to the pectoralis major are infrequent, with only a few hundred cases currently recorded in the literature.
CASE SUMMARY
We report a case of a patient who sustained bilateral pectoralis major tendon ruptures. While other cases of bilateral pectoralis major tears have been reported in the literature, the operative management in this report differs. Due to delayed presentation of the patient right and left pectoralis major repairs were performed simultaneously.
CONCLUSION
Patients with delayed presentation of bilateral pectoralis major tendon ruptures can undergo simultaneous repair of both tendon with a good postoperative outcome and high patient satisfaction.
Core Tip: Patients with delayed presentation of bilateral pectoralis major tendon ruptures can undergo simultaneous repair of both tendon with a good postoperative outcome and high patient satisfaction.
