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Tennis elbow

This usually occurs in ‘middle aged’ people, who experience pain in the outer aspect of elbow, particularly when lifting objects or performing heavy manual work. Weakness may also feature. 

It is due to tearing and degeneration of the tendon on outside of elbow (common extensor origin). You do not have to play tennis to get ‘tennis elbow’!

Non-surgical treatment: splinting, physiotherapy eccentric exercises, shockwave therapy, needle fenestration under local anaesthetic.

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Tennis Elbow Repair (Elbow Lateral Epicondyle Common Extensor Tendon Repair)

The tendon is repaired back to the outer aspect of the elbow (lateral epicondyle) using suture anchors. 

Benefits: decreased pain, increased strength

Risks: pain, swelling, bleeding, infection, stiffness, weakness, retear

Anesthesia: general anaesthesia

Duration in hospital: 0.5 days

After Surgery

You will have splint or plaster slab on your wrist. 

The practice nurse will perform a wound check at 2 weeks after surgery. The hand therapist will apply a thermoplastic wrist splint which will be worn until 6 weeks after surgery. 

This splint can be removed for washing. From 6-12 weeks you will gently move your wrist without the splint but avoid heavy lifting. After 12 weeks you can start returning to normal function. 

It may take 6 months to notice the full benefit from surgery. 

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