Osteoarthritis of the elbow: Results of arthroscopic osteophyte resection and capsulectomy

Elbow Arthroscopy in Stiff Elbow

“…The results reported in literature are extremely encouraging [10,18,20,21,25] allowing an increase ROM in both degenerative and post-traumatic cases. We obtained a quite satisfactory improved MEPI concerning the post-operative average 58 months follow up.…”

“…As Reddy described, we obtain the same low rate of complications using the technique previously presented,in a large series of patients (212 patients) operated In 2001 Kelly et al [17] reported extensive case studies in which they analysed complications following arthroscopic surgery. In some cases, other authors report limited case studies where they compare the outcomes achieved by open techniques with arthroscopic ones [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. We believe that it is impossible to review any large series of elbow arthroscopies without report neurological complications, despite this we consider that 1.8 % of nervous complications can be defined as a low rate.…”

“…Recently, Conso [17] as well as Shubert [18] and Salini [19] have published the results obtained by comparing respectively 32, 24 and 15 arthroscopic cases presenting a moderate stiffness of the elbow and other pathologies, with those obtained with open techniques. There are several studies regarding this subject in literature, but all of them are based on a small number of patients with a variety of pathologies treated with different surgical techniques [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

Arthroscopic Treatment of Elbow Osteoarthritis and Arthroscopic Ulnar Nerve Decompression

“…Kelly et al, 17) Krishnan et al, 19) and Adams et al 20) reported that there were improvements in the range of flexion from 111° to 132° (restrictions of the extension from 20° to 9°; mean age of 51 years old in 24 patients), from 60° to 122° (11 patients with a mean age of 36 years; a minimum follow-up period of 24 months), and from 117° to 132° (42 elbows, a mean age of 52 years old and a mean follow-up period of 44 months), respectively, following an arthroscopic debridement in patients with primary elbow osteoarthritis. Moreover, these authors also noted that there were also improvements in the severity of pain and the degree of patient satisfaction.…”

Elbow Arthritis: Current Concepts

“…Adams et al 6 recently reported on a large cohort of patients who had had arthroscopic osteophyte resection and capsulectomy for elbow osteoarthritis. At an average of 3-year follow-up, significant improvement was noted in pain (p Ͻ .001) and motion (average 27°; p Ͻ .001).…”