title: [The etiology of ulnar nerve compression syndrome].
abstract: A retrospective investigation of the etiology of 132 patients with peripheral ulnar nerve compression was performed. Mainly there was external long-term pressure or compressive lesions near the nerve and disturbances of the osseous structures at the elbow and the wrist.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Handchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik Erlangen.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schaller
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Landsleitner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geldmacher
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011312:Pressure; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000150:complications; D014459:Ulnar Nerve
vernacular_title: Ein Beitrag zur Atiologie des N. ulnaris-Kompressionssyndroms.