ReviewEFORT open reviews2020
Synovial plica of the elbow and its clinical relevance.
Review in EFORT open reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Snapping triceps syndrome: a review of the literature and proposed operative treatment algorithm.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2026Review
- The Recent Surgical Treatment of Elbow Pain.Ewha medical journal · 2023Review
- Evaluation of lateral epicondylopathy, posterior interosseous nerve compression, and plica syndrome as co-existing causes of chronic tennis elbow.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Synovial plica of the elbow - detailed measurements and how to implicate its relevance in clinical practice.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- A Rare Intra-articular Abnormality in the Posterior Radiocapitellar Joint: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2022Article
- Radiocapitellar plica: a narrative review.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Review
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Abstract
A synovial plica (fold) is normal anatomic finding, and occurs in 86-100% of cases; however, symptomatic plica is much less common (7.2-8.7% of all elbow arthroscopies).Synovial plica syndrome is a painful elbow condition related to symptomatic synovial plica.Synovial plica syndrome is diagnosed by clinical examination (lateral elbow pain) commonly accompanied by local tenderness, pain at terminal extension and/or painful snapping.Synovial plica syndrome may be mimicked by other elbow conditions, commonly tennis elbow, loose bodies, and degenerative arthritis.Magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound scan may support diagnosis in correlation with clinical findings, but symptomatic plica may also be diagnosed as unexpected during elbow arthroscopy.The arthroscopic resection is effective and safe if conservative treatment fails. Cite this article:
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