[Operative therapy of humeral epicondylitis]

57 patients underwent surgery for ineffective conservative treatment from 1972 to 1980. Till 1978 Hohmann's operation was performed (incision of the extensor tendons inserting at the epicondyle). After that time we extended this procedure by resecting a strip of tendinous tissue of the proximal extensor or the flexor muscle inserting at the radial or ulnar epicondyle. Patients treated in this way had better results than by the original Hohmann method.