My wife's climbing has been badly hampered for several years by what a specialist consultant Dr Alasdair Bott believes is athritis in one of her elbows- both cartilage wear and osteophytes. The elbow clicks, doesn't straighten and becomes inflamed after trying anything hard. This then causes other part of her arm and shoulder to lock-up.
After giving her a steroid injection to provide temporary relief, he has suggests that she could consider arthroscopy to remove some of the bone growths and tidy up the damaged cartilage.
Does anyone have any experience of elbow arthroscopy? Was it successful? How good were the recovery and benefits? We're based in Bristol, where Dr Bott is an NHS surgeon. She'd prefer to get the op on the NHS, but it would be good to know who the best elbow surgeons are whether NHS or private. Thanks John