@article {63695,
	title = {Resistant tennis elbow: shock-wave therapy versus percutaneous tenotomy.},
	journal = {International orthopaedics},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2008},
	note = {n/a},
	month = {2008 Oct},
	pages = {671-7},
	abstract = {<p>Fifty-six patients who suffered from chronic persistent tennis elbow of more than six months duration were randomly assigned to two active treatment groups. Group 1 (n = 29) received high-energy extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT; 1,500 shocks) at 18 kV (0.22 mJ/mm(2)) without local anaesthesia; group 2 (n = 27) underwent percutaneous tenotomy of the common extensor origin. Both groups achieved improvement from the base line at three weeks, six weeks, 12 weeks and 12 months post-intervention. The success rate (Roles and Maudsley score: excellent and good) at three months in the ESWT group was 65.5\% and in the tenotomy group was 74.1\%. ESWT appeared to be a useful noninvasive treatment method that reduced the necessity for surgical procedures.</p>
},
	keywords = {Adult, Female, High-Energy Shock Waves, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Retreatment, Tendons, Tennis Elbow, Young Adult},
	issn = {0341-2695},
	doi = {10.1007/s00264-007-0379-9},
	author = {Radwan, Yasser A and ElSobhi, Gamal and Badawy, Walid S and Reda, Ali and Khalid, Sherif}
}
