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RECURRENT DISLOCATION OF THE ECU TENDON IN A GOLF PLAYER: RELEASE OF THE EXTENSOR RETINACULUM AND PARTIAL RESECTION OF THE ULNO-DORSAL RIDGE OF THE ULNAR HEAD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

Correspondence to: Dr. Yoshinori Oka, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University, Oiso Hospital, 21-1 Gakkyo Oiso Kanagawa, 259-0198, Japan. Tel: 81-463-72-3211, Fax: 81-463-72-2256.

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Akiyoshi Handa

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810401000680Cited by:18 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A 20-year-old golf player who developed recurrent dislocation of the extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendon is reported. The patient was successfully treated by release of the extensor retinaculum and partial resection of the ulno-dorsal ridge of the ulnar head, because the methods caused no redislocation and required only a brief period of rehabilitation.