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KMID : 0361619960310030477
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Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1996 Volume.31 No. 3 p.477 ~ p.483
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Surgical Treatment in Recurrent Tennis Elbow
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Abstract
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Tennis elbow is common, and often disabling problem even in daily living; conservative treatments commonly make satisfactory results, but recurrence is frequent and discouraging. So surgical treatments are considered in certain cases. The authors
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the retrospective analysis of 15 patients treated by Nirschl and Pettrone procedure. Patients were evaluated with Nirschl and Pettrone assessment method at an average 10.3 months(range, 5 to 32 months) after surgery. Thirteen of 15(87%) patients
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more than fair postoperative rating. Two patients had postoperative complications; one with infection and the other with transient mild limitation of elbow motion. No postoperative deterioration of the clinical state was seen. And biopsy
specimens
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all cases showed degenerative changes. Resection of the degenerated site of tendon origin of the humeral epicondyle(The Nirschl and Pettone procedure) yields satisfactory results in properly selected patients.
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