A transverse skin incision approach for decompression of pronator teres syndrome.
Pronator teres syndrome is a compressive neuropathy of the median nerve in the proximal part of the forearm and distal part of the arm. The outcome of surgical decompression is occasionally unsatisfactory because of a poor scar. We present the use of a transverse skin incision that allows adequate exploration and decompression distally and proximally, beneath the subcutaneous tissue beyond the volar elbow crease.
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Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery, Louisville, Kentucky.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*