Ulnar nerve compression at the elbow. Results of surgery in 85 cases

An analysis after 1-18 years follow-up of 79 patients operated for ulnar nerve compression at the elbow. Favourable results seen after surgery seem independent of patients age and of duration and type of symptoms. Transposition to the front of the elbow with or without burial in an adjacent muscle was the operation of choice. When direct trauma has been given as an underlying cause the results are clearly worse. A surprisingly common association with Dupuytrens contracture and hypertension was encounted.