Arthroscopic treatment for chronic XXXX .

@entity1 @entity2633 @entity158
OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical and functional results from arthroscopic release of the short radial extensor of the carpus (SREC) in @entity1 with chronic @entity2633 that was refractory to conservative treatment. METHODS: Over the period from January 2012 to November 2013, 15 @entity1 underwent arthroscopic treatment. The surgical technique used was the one described by Romeo and Cohen, based on anatomical studies on cadavers. The inclusion criteria were that the @entity1 needed to present @entity2633 and that conservative treatment (analgesics, anti-inflammatory agents, corticoid infiltration or physiotherapy) had failed over a period of more than six months. The @entity1 were evaluated based on the elbow functional score of the Mayo Clinic, Nirschl's staging system and a visual analog scale (VAS) for @entity158 . RESULTS: A total of 15 @entity1 (9 @entity1 and 6 @entity1 ) were included. The mean Mayo elbow functional score after the operation was 95 (ranging from 90 to 100). The @entity158 VAS improved from a mean of 9.2 before the operation to 0.64 after the operation. On Nirschl's scale, the @entity1 presented an improvement from a mean of 6.5 before the operation to approximately one. There were significant differences from before to after the surgery for the three functional scores used (p  <  0.01). No correlations were observed using the Spearman test between the results and age, gender, length of time with symptoms before the operation or injury mechanism (p  >  0.05). CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic treatment for @entity2633 was shown to be a safe and effective therapeutic option when appropriately indicated and performed, in refractory cases of chronic @entity2633 . It also allowed excellent viewing of the joint space for diagnosing and treating associated pathological conditions, with a minimally invasive procedure.
