
CHICAGO — According to presented results, arthroscopic debridement is an equally effective surgical treatment for both degenerative osteoarthritis and posttraumatic arthritis of the elbow with positive midterm outcomes.
“[Degenerative and posttraumatic arthritis] have distinctive characteristics that distinguish one from the other, including the age or sex in which they commonly present and location within the elbow,” Dennis Debernardis, DO, said in his presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Debernardis and colleagues retrospectively