Which tendon showed necrosis and was excised during the lateral tennis elbow release?

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In tennis elbow the degeneration happens at the origin of the forearm extensor tendons on the lateral epicondyle, with the extensor carpi radialis brevis being the most commonly affected. In chronic cases, the ECRB tendon tissue becomes degenerative and may undergo necrosis, which surgeons debulk or excise during a lateral epicondyl release to remove the source of pain and promote healing. The other tendons listed are not the typical degenerated component in this condition: they either don’t form the primary origin involved or aren’t typically implicated in this pathology. So the tendon that showed necrosis and was excised is the extensor carpi radialis brevis.