title: A transverse skin incision approach for decompression of pronator teres syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Syed
mesh_terms: 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*