Abstract
The authors have experienced elbow arthroscopic surgery on the twelve elbows, in eleven patients. The diagnoses included four loose bodies, four onteoarthritis, two onteochondritis dissecans and one rheumatoid arthritis. We performed synovectomy in ten cases, removal of the free body in nine cases and debridement in six cases, with as average postoperative follow up period of twenty seven months. We performed elbow arthroscopic surgery in a lateral position with sufficient traction. Pain diminished in 92% of patients and the range of motion improved in 67%. There were no complications. It was considered that operative elbow arthroscopy was an effective measure because of the minimal invasion and short hospitalization.
