Abstract
Based on the arthroscopic findings of 52 patients who experienced disability throwing a ball with full strength after complaining of posteromedial olecranon pain during the ball release phase, we were able to confirm findings on baseball elbow that could not be explained by attributing it to osteophytes on the posteromedial aspect of the olecranon alone. Baseball elbows have been classified into three types: 1) fractured osteophyte type, 2) dameged olecranon type like a stress fracture, 3) dameged cartilage type.
Based on these findings, we positively performed less invasive osteophyte osteotomy and olecranon osteoplasty with the aim of decompression without always limiting ourselves to arthroscopic surgery. Thereby, all our patients who were baseball players and who had a sense of successful ball throwing of less than 50 percent presoperatively were restored to the competitive level and were able to participate in games three months postsurgically.
