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Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis is typically made on the basis of clinical history and examination. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to supplement evaluation of the patient with a painful elbow and can identify extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon te...

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Autores principales: Kessler, Rachel E., Day, Michael S., Tyler, Timothy F., McHugh, Malachy P., Bedford, Benjamin B., Lee, Steven J., Nicholas, Stephen J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8888164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35252931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseint.2021.11.017
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author Kessler, Rachel E.
Day, Michael S.
Tyler, Timothy F.
McHugh, Malachy P.
Bedford, Benjamin B.
Lee, Steven J.
Nicholas, Stephen J.
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Day, Michael S.
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description BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis is typically made on the basis of clinical history and examination. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to supplement evaluation of the patient with a painful elbow and can identify extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon tears. The objective of this study was to determine if ECRB tear size on MRI could be used as a prognostic indicator for patients with recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis and partial ECRB tears. METHODS: Forty-one patients with recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis and a partial ECRB tear on MRI were identified (22 men and 19 women; age: 49 ± 8 years; height: 165 ± 36 mm; weight: 73 ± 18 kg). Patients were divided into two groups based on whether they underwent surgery or not. Nonsurgical treatment was evaluated by the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire, and surgery was considered a failure of nonsurgical treatment. Nonsurgical treatment was variable and included a mixture of physical therapy, rest, injection therapy, and splinting. RESULTS: Of the 41 patients, 5 patients opted for immediate surgery and 36 patients were treated nonsurgically. Of those 36 patients, 11 patients had symptom relief, 19 patients had subsequent surgery, and 6 patients chose not to have surgery despite continued symptoms. Tear size on MRI did not differ significantly between the patients who had symptom relief with nonsurgical treatment and the other patients (7.7 ± 4.3 mm vs. 9.7 ± 2.5 mm, P = .07). DISCUSSION: Only 11 of 41 patients (27%) with recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis and ECRB tear had symptom relief with nonsurgical treatment. However, ECRB tendon defect size on MRI did not predict success or failure of nonsurgical treatment.
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spelling pubmed-88881642022-03-03 Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis Kessler, Rachel E. Day, Michael S. Tyler, Timothy F. McHugh, Malachy P. Bedford, Benjamin B. Lee, Steven J. Nicholas, Stephen J. JSES Int Elbow BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis is typically made on the basis of clinical history and examination. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to supplement evaluation of the patient with a painful elbow and can identify extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon tears. The objective of this study was to determine if ECRB tear size on MRI could be used as a prognostic indicator for patients with recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis and partial ECRB tears. METHODS: Forty-one patients with recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis and a partial ECRB tear on MRI were identified (22 men and 19 women; age: 49 ± 8 years; height: 165 ± 36 mm; weight: 73 ± 18 kg). Patients were divided into two groups based on whether they underwent surgery or not. Nonsurgical treatment was evaluated by the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire, and surgery was considered a failure of nonsurgical treatment. Nonsurgical treatment was variable and included a mixture of physical therapy, rest, injection therapy, and splinting. RESULTS: Of the 41 patients, 5 patients opted for immediate surgery and 36 patients were treated nonsurgically. Of those 36 patients, 11 patients had symptom relief, 19 patients had subsequent surgery, and 6 patients chose not to have surgery despite continued symptoms. Tear size on MRI did not differ significantly between the patients who had symptom relief with nonsurgical treatment and the other patients (7.7 ± 4.3 mm vs. 9.7 ± 2.5 mm, P = .07). DISCUSSION: Only 11 of 41 patients (27%) with recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis and ECRB tear had symptom relief with nonsurgical treatment. However, ECRB tendon defect size on MRI did not predict success or failure of nonsurgical treatment. Elsevier 2022-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8888164/ /pubmed/35252931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseint.2021.11.017 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Elbow
Kessler, Rachel E.
Day, Michael S.
Tyler, Timothy F.
McHugh, Malachy P.
Bedford, Benjamin B.
Lee, Steven J.
Nicholas, Stephen J.
Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis
title Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis
title_full Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis
title_fullStr Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis
title_full_unstemmed Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis
title_short Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis
title_sort predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging in outcomes of nonsurgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis
topic Elbow
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8888164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35252931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseint.2021.11.017
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