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Lateral epicondylosis
Yibo Li, Fangwei Liu and Armin Badre
CMAJ February 22, 2022 194 (7) E257; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211047
Yibo Li
Departments of Surgery (Li, Badre) and Family Medicine (Liu), and Western Upper Limb Facility (Badre), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
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Departments of Surgery (Li, Badre) and Family Medicine (Liu), and Western Upper Limb Facility (Badre), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
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Departments of Surgery (Li, Badre) and Family Medicine (Liu), and Western Upper Limb Facility (Badre), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
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Lateral epicondylosis
Yibo Li, Fangwei Liu, Armin Badre
CMAJ Feb 2022, 194 (7) E257; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211047
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- Lateral epicondylosis (tennis elbow) is a degenerative, noninflammatory condition of the common extensor origin at the lateral epicondyle of the elbow
- The diagnosis is clinical based on lateral elbow pain and epicondyle tenderness
- Symptoms of tennis elbow are managed with physiotherapy and anti-inflammatory agents
- Corticosteroid injections should be avoided
- Referral for surgery should be considered after 6 months of failed nonoperative management
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