Posterolateral Rotatory Instability from Multiple Steroids Injections for Tennis Elbow: A Case Report
Cholawish Chanlalit MD*, Warodom Limsricharoen MD**
Affiliation : * Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand ** Chaoprayayomraj Hospital, Suphanburi, Thailand
This article reports the complication (lateral collateral ligament rupture) arising from improper numbers of steroids injections for the chronic lateral elbow pain (tennis elbow). Clinical sign and investigation with MRI confirmed a diagnosis of LCL rupture. In the present report, we describe the successful outcome of one year results in surgical debride- ment and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) reconstruction. A discussion of the proper conservative role for the chronic lateral epicondyalgia and the surgical decision to resolve this complication is also included.
Keywords : Tennis elbow, Posterolateral rotatory instability, Unstable elbow, Iatrogenic tendon rupture, LCL reconstruction
