Photo Gallery of Pec Tears
Dr. Carlos Guanche from the Southern California Orthopedic Institute performs this pectoralis major reconstruction. VIDEO:
Partial rupture in the musculotendinous junction of the pectoralis
major muscle... before and after pictures clearly show the bulging of
the
muscle when contracted.
The obvious loss of the contour of the pectoralis due to the
retraction of the muscle medially.
The loss of the pectoralis is emphasized with contraction of the
muscle.
Recently ruptured - note the bruise on the arm
Very recent pec tear. Note the hanging pec. The MRI could not
conclusively tell if this was a complete tear. In the operation room it
seemed that this was a complete tear at the humeral insertion.
Recent complete tear at the humeral insertion.
40 weeks post operative
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Former Dutch bodybuilding champion Henk Visser with complete pec tear
from the humeral insertion.
Complete Distal tear tendon-bone
This AXIAL MRI picture shows a pec tear ver well(click for larger
image)
Complete rupture of both heads of the pec from the humerus, two years
old. You only see the muscle belly after it was freed from adhesions
because there's no tendon left after 2 yrs. The muscle must be freed-up
like this before it can be re-attached to the proximal humerus drilled
trough.
Chris Tore his pec Partially from the humerus AND in the
musculotendinous junction. The doctor brought in a
semitendinosis graft from a cadaver donor. But
the retraction of the muscle was less then expected and the doc was able
to operate without using the grafts
