Ciccotti M G
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Instr Course Lect. 1999;48:375-81.
Since the first description of epicondylitis of the elbow in 1882, there have been volumes of descriptive, diagnostic, and therapeutic reports detailing every aspect of this entity. It is now known that epicondylitis can be caused both by occupational and sports-related activities, that its diagnosis may be confused with a variety of other pathologic entities affecting the elbow, that the majority of patients will respond favorably to well-guided nonsurgical treatment, and that in those patients whose rersistent symptoms make them unable to return to their activities, surgical treatment results in reliable pain relief and return to preinjury level of activity.
自1882年首次描述肘部肱骨外上髁炎以来，已有大量关于该病症各个方面的描述性、诊断性和治疗性报告。现在已知，肱骨外上髁炎可由职业活动和与运动相关的活动引起，其诊断可能与影响肘部的多种其他病理实体相混淆，大多数患者对精心指导的非手术治疗反应良好，而对于那些症状持续导致无法恢复其活动的患者，手术治疗可带来可靠的疼痛缓解并恢复到受伤前的活动水平。
