Arthroscopic debridement for osteochondral injury of the elbow trochlea: a case report with a long-term follow-up.

Osteochondral injury of the trochlea is a rare lesion of the articular surface of the ulnohumeral joint. A number of cases involving the humeral trochlea of adolescent throwing athletes have been reported in the Englishlanguage literature. In the last decade, elbow arthroscopy has evolved to become an accepted technique for the treatment of elbow osteochondral lesions. This is the first report in the literature of the use of arthroscopic debridement for the treatment of a rare osteochondral defect located to the humeral trochlea.