Snapping elbow-A guide to diagnosis and treatment

Table 1 Literature reports on intra-articular snapping elbow

Report and year	No. of patients	Snapping Pathology	Diagnostic procedure	Treatment	Results
Akagi et al[1], 1998	One	Snapping plica	Arthrogram, arthroscopy	Open arthrotomy	Complete recovery
Antuna et al[2], 2001	Fourteen	Snapping plica	MRI, arthroscopic examination	Arthroscopic resection	Ten complete recoveries, two partial recoveries, two failures
Aoki et al[3], 2003	Two	Snapping annular ligament	Arthroscopic examination	One had arthroscopic resection	One complete recovery after resection
Chai et al[4], 2004	One	Snapping annular ligament	Ultrasonography	Arthroscopic resection	Relief of snapping
Fukase et al[13], 2005	One	Snapping plica	Special MRI1	Open resection	Complete recovery
Huang et al[5], 2005	One	Snapping meniscus	MR-arthrography	Arthroscopic resection	Complete recovery
Huang et al[6], 2005	One	Snapping annular ligament	MRI, arthroscopic examination	Arthroscopic resection	Relief of snapping, less pain
Kang et al[7], 2010	Two	Snapping meniscus	MRI, arthrography	Arthroscopic resection	Complete recovery
Maruyama et al[8], 2010	One	Snapping annular ligament	Arthroscopy	Arthroscopic release of the ligament	Complete recovery
Brahe Pedersen et al[9], 2017	Sixtyfour	Hypertrophic synovial plica	Clinical examination and ultrasound	Arthroscopic resection	Significant improvement in Oxford Elbow score after 3 and 22 mo
Shinohara et al[14], 2010	One	Tight fibrous structure	MRI, arthroscopy	Arthroscopic resection	Complete recovery
Steinert et al[10], 2008	Three	Hypertrophic synovial plica	Contrast MRI (in two), arthroscopy	Arthroscopic resection	Complete recovery
Tateishi et al[11], 2005	One	Snapping plica	MRI, arthrogram	Open resection	Complete recovery

¹Special MRI was high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the elbow using microscopy coils. MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; MR: Magnetic resonance.