TY - JOUR
T1 - Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
T2 - Current Concepts
AU - Staples, Jonathan Robert
AU - Calfee, Ryan
N1 - Funding Information:
Illustration depicting the course of the ulnar nerve about the elbow with potential compressive structures. (Reproduced with permission from the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN.)
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2017 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common upper extremity compressive neuropathy. In recent years, rates of surgical treatment have increased, and the popularity of in situ decompression has grown. Nonsurgical treatment, aiming to decrease both compression and traction on the ulnar nerve about the elbow, is successful in most patients with mild nerve dysfunction. Recent randomized controlled trials assessing rates of symptom resolution and ultimate success have failed to identify a preferred surgical procedure. Revision cubital tunnel surgery, most often consisting of submuscular transposition, may improve symptoms. However, ulnar nerve recovery after revision cubital tunnel surgery is less consistent than that after primary cubital tunnel surgery.
AB - Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common upper extremity compressive neuropathy. In recent years, rates of surgical treatment have increased, and the popularity of in situ decompression has grown. Nonsurgical treatment, aiming to decrease both compression and traction on the ulnar nerve about the elbow, is successful in most patients with mild nerve dysfunction. Recent randomized controlled trials assessing rates of symptom resolution and ultimate success have failed to identify a preferred surgical procedure. Revision cubital tunnel surgery, most often consisting of submuscular transposition, may improve symptoms. However, ulnar nerve recovery after revision cubital tunnel surgery is less consistent than that after primary cubital tunnel surgery.
KW - compression
KW - cubital tunnel
KW - cubital tunnel syndrome
KW - neuropathy
KW - ulnar nerve
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U2 - 10.5435/JAAOS-D-15-00261
DO - 10.5435/JAAOS-D-15-00261
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28953087
AN - SCOPUS:85030682042
SN - 1067-151X
VL - 25
SP - e215-e224
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
IS - 10
ER -