1. Resistant cases of tennis elbow are explained on the basis of an entrapment neuropathy of the radial nerve and its branches. 2. An operation is described to explore these nerves through an anterior muscle-splitting incision. 3. Thirty-eight elbows in thirty-six patients have been operated on with improvement in all.
The results in each group were analysed under three headings-clinical, economic and radiological-and graded according to merit from excellent (1) to poor (4). Clinical assessment-An excellent result (Grade 1) was recorded when there was full movement, normal use and no complaints. A good result (Grade 2) indicated mild aching or stiffness.
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