Abstract
Persistent humeral epicondylar pain is most often related to the lateral humeral epicondyle and is termed “tennis elbow.” When nonoperative or traditional orthopedic techniques to relieve this pain have proven ineffective, then it is appropriate to consider relief of pain by resection of the nerves that transmit this pain message. This approach, termed denervation, must resect branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm, implanting these branches into the lateral head of the triceps muscle. A similar approach is available for persistent medial epicondylitis, “thrower’s or golfer’s elbow,” resecting the nerve to the medial humeral epicondyle and implanting this nerve into the medial head of the triceps muscle. This chapter presents the anatomic and clinical evidence to support this approach.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Tennis Elbow |
Subtitle of host publication | Clinical Management |
Publisher | Springer US |
Pages | 131-143 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781489975348 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781489975331 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Cutaneous nerve
- Denervation
- Nerve block
- Neuroma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine