Chronic lateral epicondylitis: challenges and solutions

Arthroscopic treatment for chronic lateral epicondylitis☆

OBJECTIVE To report the clinical and functional results from arthroscopic release of the short radial extensor of the carpus (SREC) in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis that was refractory to conservative treatment. METHODS Over the period from January 2012 to November 2013, 15 patients underwent arthroscopic treatment. The surgical technique used was the one described by Romeo and ...

Ultra sonographic findings for chronic lateral epicondylitis.

PURPOSE To assess which individual gray-scale and color Doppler US findings and their combination are strongly associated with lateral epicondylitis. Also to determine whether chronic lateral epicondylitis is possible without any positive US findings. METHODS 49 patients (6 bilateral) underwent gray-scale ultrasonic imaging between 2005 to 2007. All had a history of lateral epicondylitis and ...

Lateral and Medial Epicondylitis

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com MOJ Orthop Rheumatol 2015, 3(2): 00090 superior to [the writer’s] non operative treatment methods” and this debate has continued to persist as more recent non operative and operative treatment options have emerged. Despite the lack of consensus with regards to an optimal treatment algorithm, our understanding of lateral elbow tendinosis has continue...

Lateral epicondylitis.

Anconeus muscle transposition for chronic lateral epicondylitis, recurrences, and complications.

The use of the anconeus muscle in the treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis (CLE), recurrences, and infection is presented. In chronic lateral epicondylitis, a wide degenerative area of epicondyle tendon is not frequently found, but when it occurs, its treatment is quite difficult. Recurrences of CLE and superficial or articular infections of the radiohumeral joint after surgical treatment...