Elbow Arthroscopy for Osteochondral Lesions in Athletes
نویسنده
چکیده
منابع مشابه
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 ...
متن کاملMri of the Athlete with Elbow Pain
INTRODUCTION MRI is commonly used to evaluate athletes with elbow pain. MRI can acquire high resolution images with excellent tissue contrast in multiple planes. It is therefore well-suited for assessing the bones, ligaments, tendons and nerves of the elbow which may all be sources of pain in athletes. MRI is particularly helpful for evaluating athletes with non-localisable elbow pain and athle...
متن کاملAutologous osteochondral mosaicplasty for osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow in teenage athletes: surgical technique.
BACKGROUND Although autologous osteochondral mosaicplasty is widely used as a procedure for osteochondritis dissecans lesions, the effectiveness of this procedure in elbow lesions remains unclear. Our aim was to clarify the surgical efficacy of mosaicplasty for teenage athletes with advanced lesions of capitellar osteochondritis dissecans. METHODS From 2001 to 2006, nineteen teenage male pati...
متن کاملElbow arthroscopy: indications, techniques, outcomes, and complications.
Elbow arthroscopy is a tool useful for the treatment of a variety of pathologies about the elbow. The major indications for elbow arthroscopy include débridement for septic elbow arthritis, synovectomy for inflammatory arthritis, débridement for osteoarthritis, loose body extraction, contracture release, treatment of osteochondral defects and selected fractures or instability, and tennis elbow ...
متن کاملElbow arthroscopy in a mostly athletic population.
The effectiveness of elbow arthroscopy was assessed in 35 consecutive patients (primarily weight lifters and baseball players) treated by one surgeon. The most commonly treated lesions were loose bodies and impinging spurs. Most elbow problems resulted from repetitive or acute athletic trauma. Repetitive stress injuries usually involved the athlete's dominant arm (91%). A standardized rating sy...
متن کامل