title: Medial epicondylectomy in cubital tunnel syndrome: an electrodiagnostic study.
abstract: Prospective analysis of 27 medial epicondylectomies in 22 patients with McGowan grade I ulnar neuropathy demonstrated an improvement in clinical symptoms. In all patients a N.C.V. study, in which compression of the ulnar nerve at the cubital tunnel was evident, has been a prerequisite for operation. Conduction velocity across the cubital tunnel averaged 48% of normal (26.4 +/- 8.7 metres per second) preoperatively and increased to 85% of normal (46.7 +/- 9.7 metres per second) postoperatively. A preoperative N.C.V. study allows the achievement of a high success rate, especially in the less well clinically defined group of patients with grade I neuropathy (subjective complaints without any objective signs of muscle atrophy). Medial epicondylectomy is safe and predictable in the treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department A, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Aghasi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Halperin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004550:Elbow; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*