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Has anyone experienced or heard of elbow surgery for osteo-arthritis where the remedy is to shave off part of the radius head? It involves cutting off about 3/4 of an inch of the radius bone as it comes up to the elbow joint. That keeps the radius from grinding against the humerus (arm bone). That leaves the ulna bone to take all the burden of the elbow joint against the humerus.
This procedure was done to me by a doctor without prior open consultation with me and I am very upset. I went in for a standard arthroscopic surgery to clean up an arthritic elbow and I came out with essentially minus one bone supporting the elbow joint. It has been 8 months and I am not able to hit a single ball with the affected arm. I am a 5.0 player and I cannot see myself being able to reach that level of tennis starting over with my other arm.
Has anyone heard of this surgical procedure and whether it has improved one's chances of using one's arm for tennis or any other sports?
Desperate as you can tell, I remain...
This procedure was done to me by a doctor without prior open consultation with me and I am very upset. I went in for a standard arthroscopic surgery to clean up an arthritic elbow and I came out with essentially minus one bone supporting the elbow joint. It has been 8 months and I am not able to hit a single ball with the affected arm. I am a 5.0 player and I cannot see myself being able to reach that level of tennis starting over with my other arm.
Has anyone heard of this surgical procedure and whether it has improved one's chances of using one's arm for tennis or any other sports?
Desperate as you can tell, I remain...