Table 1: Summary table for outcomes of open joint debridement-1.

Study and year Design Level of evidence Followup (in months) Pain Δ ROM Δ Function Δ Ugurlu et al., 2009 [10] Retrospective case study IV 10 18 VAS (before 8; after 3.1) 49.3 Andrews and Carson scoring (before 88.5 to after 168.5) Rettig et al., 2008 [11] Case series IV 18 (21 elbows) 65 Good improvement in pain. No measure described 30 MEPI (after 85.8) Tashjian et al., 2006 [12] Case series IV 17 (18 elbows) 85 VAS 16 (i) Hospital for special surgery elbow score after 70 (9 good to excellent results) (ii) MEPI after 83 (15 good to excellent results) (iii) DASH after 9.75 (iv) VAS Function 7.9 after (v) SF-36 Wada et al., 2004 [13] Case series IV 32 (33 elbows) 121 before 13 improved to after 27 24 JOA elbow scoring system (before 60 to after 83) Vingerhoeds et al., 2004 [14] Case series IV 15 (16 elbows) 20 Good pain relief. No measure reported 20 MEPI (before 63 to after 88)