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When Lateral Epicondylitis Is Not Lateral Epicondylitis: Analysis of the Risk Factors for the Misdiagnosis of Lateral Elbow Pain
Lateral elbow pain, often attributed to lateral epicondylitis, presents diagnostic complexities. Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is the most frequent cause of lateral elbow pain, but a differential diagnosis among all the potential causes of lateral elbow pain is not easy.
Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery: Everything You Need to Know
A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles surrounding the shoulder are surgically fixed. Rotator cuff tears can cause pain and weakness.1 Sometimes these tears can heal without surgery, but severe rotator cuff damage can be permanent without surgical intervention.
Why Shoulder Bursitis Happens and How You Can Treat It
Shoulder bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, a fluid-filled sac, in the shoulder joint. The bursa provides padding between bones, tendons, and ligaments to reduce friction and improve joint movement throughout the body. There are multiple bursae in the shoulder, but this condition most commonly affects one called the subacromial bursa.
How do you treat rotator-cuff tears?
Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common cause of those shoulder symptoms? Rotator-cuff disorders. Nonoperative treatment, such as physical therapy, is the typical approach to treating rotator-cuff tears. However, surgery is considered in certain patients whose rotator-cuff tears don't resolve with nonoperative treatments.
Comparative study of open elbow arthrolysis with and without hinge external fixation for the treatment of post-traumatic elbow stiffness
The present study aimed to compare the functional outcomes of hinged external fixators and non-external fixation in open elbow arthrolysis (OEA) for post-traumatic elbow stiffness (PTES) and to evaluate their applicability and limitations in patients with posttraumatic elbow stiffness.
