tennis elbow surgery
Lateral epicondyle procedure
Tennis elbow surgery is a procedure to repair damaged tendons in the elbow, typically performed when conservative treatments fail to relieve chronic pain from lateral epicondylitis.
The surgery removes diseased tissue and reattaches healthy tendon to bone: After months of physical therapy didn't help, she opted for tennis elbow surgery.
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
- tendonMuscle-to-bone connector
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
forearm · racquet · grip · inflammation · pain · under the knife · anesthesia · stitches · scar · scar tissue · arm · cortisone · range of motion · brace · repetitive strain · healing · scalpel · minimally invasive
tennis elbow surgeryconservative treatment
Non-surgical medical management
physical therapy · bracing · anti-inflammatory medication · occupational therapy · massage therapy
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