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What treatment is suggested for a bicep that is torn at the elbow?
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Surgery: Well, you basically have to decide on surgery verses no surgery. Surgery to reattach the tendon is often done to restore the strength of the arm; on the other hand, low demand patients can do fairly well without surgery, they will just have some degree of weakness at the elbow and a muscular prominence where the biceps has retracted into the arm.
Answered 11/27/2017
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