title: Cubital tunnel syndrome: a retrospective review of 53 anterior subcutaneous transpositions.
abstract: Fifty-three cases of cubital tunnel syndrome were treated by anterior subcutaneous transposition of the ulnar nerve. All patients were assessed by an independent examiner at a mean follow-up of 32 months. McGowan's rating scale, as modified by Goldberg, was used preoperatively and at follow-up. Preoperatively, five cases were classified grade I, 37 grade IIA, eight grade IIB and three grade III. Thoracic outlet syndrome was also present in 7 cases. At follow-up, 44 cases were grade 0, three grade I, five grade IIA and one grade IIB. Forty-four of the 53 cases had resolved and the other nine had improved. Subcutaneous transposition is a reliable and effective surgical option. The result is less satisfactory if a thoracic outlet syndrome is also present.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Unit, Tours, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lascar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laulan
mesh_terms: D020430:Cubital Tunnel Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016067:Nerve Transfer; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013901:Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000601:surgery*