101: Distal Biceps Tendon Injuries w/ Dr. Ilyas

Our 101st episode features Dr. Ilyas who gives us a wonderful overview of Distal Biceps Tendon Injuries. Click here for show notes. Dr. Ilyas is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with a certificate of added qualification in Hand Surgery. He specializes in hand, wrist, elbow and orthopaedic trauma surgery. Dr. Ilyas has a particular interest in fracture surgery, nerve injury, opioids and pain management in orthopaedic surgery, and is considered an expert in "wide awake hand surgery." Dr. Ilyas also serves as the Consulting Hand Surgeon to both the Philadelphia 76'ers and the Philadelphia Eagles. Dr. Ilyas is an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of MCP-Hahnemann College of Medicine of Drexel University. After medical school he completed his Orthopaedic Surgery training at Temple University Hospital. He subsequently completed his fellowship as a Harvard Fellow at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston prior to returning to the Philadelphia area. Dr. Ilyas is annually recognized as a "Top Doc" in Philadelphia and Main Line Today magazines. Most recently, he was privileged to be the top ranked Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon among his peers in Main Line Today. Learn more about Dr. Ilyas here. Goal of episode: To develop a baseline knowledge of distal biceps tendon injuries. In this episode, we discuss: Epidemiology  Anatomy  Mechanism  Fixation options  Chronic tears  + more This episode is sponsored by Arthrex: Arthrex has been helping surgeons treat their patients better for more than 40 years. Differentiate your practice by offering the Nano Experience, which combines patient comfort with leading-edge, extremely minimally invasive technology. Deeply committed to surgeon support and patient education, Arthrex has also introduced  TheNanoExperience.com, a patient resource illustrating the science and benefits of Nano arthroscopy, detailing the wide variety of applications, and directing patients to surgeons in their area. Visit Nano.Arthrex.com to learn more about enhancing your practice and providing optimal patient outcomes with this game-changing technology. Also, check out JOMI The Journal of Medical Insight (https://jomi.com) is a peer-reviewed surgical video journal / virtual operating theatre. JOMI films and publishes surgical procedures performed by top teaching physicians in an effort to make it possible for residents, attendings, medical students, clinical staff, and patients to have a rich high-quality didactic experience in being walked through procedures from incision to closure by the operating surgeons. JOMI has filmed at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Charite Hospital (in Berlin), Duke Medical Center, Rothman Institute, and many others and currently focuses on general surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, and head & neck surgery. Find out more at https://jomi.com. Use code - NailedIt - for 20% off on all subscriptions.