Who Needs Tennis Elbow Surgery?
Tennis Elbow Surgery is considered for patients who don’t respond to 6 months of conservative therapy including corticosteroid injections. A study published in 2008 which looked at 45 Clinical Studies into surgical treatment provides the following facts about Tennis Elbow Surgery: • most patients were between 30 and 50 years old • no difference between male and female • an average of 74% had their dominant arm affected • patients had symptoms an average of 19 months before surgery Several elbow surgery procedures and their variations have been developed for the treatment of tennis elbow over the years. Most elbow surgery procedures involve removal of the scarred / degenerated tissue of the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) muscle with or without some form of drilling of the lateral epicondyle.
