Tag Robert Nirschl

Introduction As with the lateral elbow we prefer the term tendinosis to epicondylitis as the problem is in the common flexor tendons not the epicondyle. The histopathology (see Chapter 59 ) has no inflammatory cells. Medial elbow tendinosis is less…

Introduction The term tendinosis is preferred to epicondylitis as this is more descriptive of the true pathology. Epicondylitis (tendinosis) occurs at least five times more commonly on the lateral than on the medial aspect of the joint. The selection factors…