Surgical treatment for severe cubital tunnel syndrome with absent sensory nerve conduction.

ABSTRACT: For severe cubital tunnel syndrome, patients with absent sensory nerve action potential tend to have more severe nerve damage than those without. Thus, it is speculated that such patients generally have a poor prognosis. How absent sensory nerve action potential affects surgical outcomes remains uncertain owing to a scarcity of reports and conflicting results. This retrospective study recruited one hundred and fourteen cases (88 patients with absent sensory nerve action potential and 26 patients with present sensory nerve action potential) undergoing either subcutaneous transposition or in situ decompression. The minimum follow-up was set at 2 years. Primary outcome measures of overall hand function included their McGowan grade, modified Bishop score, and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder,

SUBMITTER: Tong JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334593 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature