Causes of ulnar nerve disorders
* Ulnar nerve can be damaged by dislocation or fracture dislocation of the elbow and can be compressed by those who habitually lean on their elbows.
* May be associated with medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow).
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Feindel and Stratford (1958) were the first to use the term cubital tunnel. They emphasized that the ulnar nerve is compressed at the elbow because of anatomic peculiarities to that region. In 1898, Curtis performed the first published case of management for ulnar nerve neuropathy at the elbow, which consisted...

OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #64, 10:16 AM Treatment of High-Energy Supracondylar/Intercondylar Fractures of the Distal Humerus Lisa K. Cannada, MD , Mary B. Zadnik, OTR/L; Walter Andrew Eglseder, MD; University of Maryland Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore,...

OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #64, 10:16 AM Treatment of High-Energy Supracondylar/Intercondylar Fractures of the Distal Humerus Lisa K. Cannada, MD , Mary B. Zadnik, OTR/L; Walter Andrew Eglseder, MD; University of Maryland Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore,...

Because of the anatomic positioning of the ulnar nerve, it is subject to entrapment and injury by a wide variety of causes. It is the second most common entrapment neuropathy in the upper extremity (the first being the median nerve and its branches). Because of its superficial position at the...

Synonym: ulnar neuritis
The ulnar nerve arises from the medial brachial plexus and innervates the muscles of both the forearm and parts of the hand. It also carries sensory neurones supplying the skin of the back of the forearm, the palm and the fourth and little fingers. Most damage to the...

Wrist pain often proves to be a challenging presenting complaint. Determining the cause of ulnar-sided wrist pain is difficult, largely because of the complexity of the anatomic and biomechanical properties of the ulnar wrist.1, 2 The objectives of this article are to provide an overview of the most common problems that...

Account of anatomy, nerve supply and injuries to the hand resulting in instrinsic deformity.
Synonyms and related keywords: claw hand deformity, claw-hand deformity, clawhand deformity, contractures of the hand, extrinsic tightness, Froment sign, Froment's sign, hand contractures, hand therapy, intrinsic muscles of the hand, intrinsic tightness test, median nerve injury,...

Diabetic mononeuropathies may be non-compressive (cranial nerve lesions, thoraco-abdominal radiculopathy) or compressive giving rise to nerve entrapment syndromes.[1] Compression mononeuropathies are related to mechanical disruption of the myelin sheaths at sites of external compression. Carpal tunnel syndrome affecting the median nerve is the most common but ulnar and lateral popliteal...

Caption: Characteristic claw hand appearance of ulnar nerve compression.
Source: Ulnar Mononeuropathy in Diabetes Mellitus

A 71-year-old woman presented with a mass on the ulnar aspect of her distal forearm. This mass had been slowly increasing in size over the last 3 years. It was otherwise asymptomatic. Surgical exploration revealed a neurilemoma arising from the ulnar nerve
Canadian Journal of Surgery 1996; 39: 356-357

Certain key elements play crucial roles in tendon transfer operations. Three important principles should be emphasized. First, the transfer should not significantly decrease the remaining function of the hand. Second, the transfer should not create a deformity if significant return of function occurs following a nerve repair. Third, the transfer...

Nerve Compression Syndromes Therapy Desensitization exercises & Therapy
Median
Carpal Tunnel
Pronator Syndrome
Radial
Radial Tunnel
Superficial Radial Nerve
Ulnar
Guyon's Canal
Cubital: Subcutaneous Transposition
Cubital: Submuscular Transposition
Nerve Compression Syndromes Therapy

ULNAR NERVE RELEASE

Neural traction may be an important cause of cubital tunnel syndrome, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. To study the etiology of cubital tunnel syndrome (compression of the ulnar nerve at the elbow), 23 upper extremity cadaveric specimens were studied using a combination...

Guyon's canal syndrome is a common nerve compression affecting the ulnar nerve as it passes through a tunnel in the wrist called Guyon's canal. This problem is similar to carpal tunnel syndrome, but involves a completely different nerve! Sometimes both conditions can be causing a problem in the same hand. Highly Reputable

Excision of Hetertopic Bone About the Elbow: - hetertopic bone is most often located along the posteromedial aspect; - medial approach to the elbow is performed along with an anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve; ...

Advantage of subcutaneous versus alternative transportation procedures Indications and contraindications In-depth neural and vascular anatomic review Potential compression points Operative exposure and nerve mobilization Formation of a non-compressing fasciodermal sling Delayed versus immediate ROM postoperatively Managing patient expectations Expert

AAOS Online Service Fact SheetUlnar nerve entrapment Highly Reputable

At the end of the 19th century, physicians first realized that transferring tendons could restore function to an extremity. The crippling results of the polio epidemic in Europe contributed to the advancement of tendon transfers. In addition, as anesthesia and aseptic techniques developed, the skills and technical acumen of surgeons...

Volar Versus Dorsal Plating in the Management of Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures David S. Ruch MD, and Anastasios Papadonikolakis MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Received 16 February 2005; accepted 7 September 2005. Available online 25 January 2006. Purpose To compare...

OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #71, 11:19 AM *Health Status after Wrist Arthrodesis for Posttraumatic Arthritis Lauren P. Adey, MD; David C. Ring, MD ; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (a-AO Foundation) Background: Total wrist...

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- Adult Condylar Fractures: (surgical technique)
- capitellar and coronal shear frx
- distal humerus frx:
- lateral condyle...

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common underlying etiology of tendon rupture in the hand and wrist and is the usual clinical setting in which the term Vaughan-Jackson syndrome is used. O. J. Vaughan-Jackson's first report of extensor tendon rupture described 2 elderly laborers with degenerative arthritis of the distal radioulnar...