Editorial Commentary: Danger Zone: The Posteromedial Elbow: Don't Go Looking for Trouble and It Won't Find You! Arthroscopic Management of the Arthritis Elbow.

Arthroscopy for elbow arthritis has been used by this author for 30 years. There are many benefits to arthroscopic management of the arthritic elbow. A complete understanding of the pathology is essential to correct surgical management. Excision of spurs and osteophytes, deepening of the coronoid or olecranon fossa, removal of loose bodies, and synovectomy are essential. Arthritis is usually not a capsular problem, so the releases needed for post-traumatic ankylosis takedown are not usually necessary in the arthritic elbow.