Results of Anterior Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve for Ulnar Neuritis

The results of transposition of the ulnar nerve for traumatic ulnar neuritis.

Recent reports on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic ulnar neuritis and tardy paralysis of the ulnar nerve have been published by Richards (1945) and by Gay and Love (1947). The present report is based on a detailed analysis of the results of transposition in forty-six cases with post-operative observation varying from one to five years. A further six cases of technically faulty...

Anterior subcutaneous transposition of the ulnar nerve.

Anterior, subcutaneous ulnar nerve transposition decompresses the ulnar nerve and, by transposing anterior to the medial epicondyle, eliminates longitudinal traction forces applied to the nerve during elbow flexion. This article reviews the indications and contraindications of the technique and describes the surgical technique in detail.

Anterior transposition of ulnar nerve in leprosy.

The scientific meeting on Rehabilitation of the Disabled in Leprosy held at Vellore, Madras State, India, during November, 1 960 under the auspices of the W.H.O. recommended studies for further clinical research on peripheral nerves in general and ulnar nerve in particular. On the subject of clinical research on the ulnar nerve, the scientific session agreed ' that ulnar nerve transposition ant...

The results of operation for ulnar neuritis.

The records of 110 cases of ulnar neuritis in 100 patients have been reviewed an average of 4.4 years after anterior transposition, or release of the aponeurosis. Seventy of the patients were reviewed personally. In over half the cases no precipitating cause was apparent. At operation the nerve was constricted by the flexor carpi ulnaris aponeurosis in fifty cases but in twenty-five no abnormal...

Anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve: an electrophysiological study.