June 10, 2010
Institutional Review Board, Hospital for Special Surgery
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This study prospectively enrolls pediatric patients with acute avulsion of the medial epicondyle treated with operative and non-operative means and follows daily function and athletic function as well as radiographic outcomes, symptomatic outcomes, and physical exam.
Inclusion criteria:
Patients between the ages of 9 and 18 who experience an acute onset of elbow pain with radiographic evidence of avulsion fracture of the medial epicondyle will be included in our study.
Exclusion criteria:
Our study will exclude the following patients: patients over the age of 18, and patients with prior surgery or injury to the ipsilateral extremity.
Daniel W. Green, MD
greendw@hss.edu
212.606.1631