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Outcome More Than 20 Years After Surgery for Ulnar Nerve Compression at the Elbow
Anne Kurver1, Jan Meulstee2, Ronald H M A Bartels3
1Department of Neurology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Background:
Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow is a common neurological entrapment neuropathy. Previous research has shown that surgical treatment can be highly successful. Only a few studies have reported on long-term outcome after surgery. In this study, we report on the long-term follow-up after surgery for ulnar nerve compression at the elbow.
Methods:
We performed a long-term follow-up study, more than 20 years after surgery, for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. We also compared 2 methods: simple decompression and anterior subcutaneous transposition. A short outcome questionnaire, adapted from Novak et al., was sent to retrieve data on the long-term follow-up outcomes.
Results:
39 patients were included in this study. At long-term follow-up, there was no significant difference in outcome compared to outcome at 1-year follow-up.
Conclusions:
We may conclude that the surgical treatment is also successful in the long term.
