Surgical options for ulnar nerve entrapment: an example of individualized decision analysis.
The decision-making process in the diagnosis and treatment of an ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE) at the elbow is presented from the viewpoint of the patient and from that of a physician who in this case, were the same individual. The problems of diagnosis and the selection of the appropriate therapy-conservative or surgical and the choice of a particular surgical approach are discussed in the light of recent evidence-based medicine (EMB) literature.
Gasco
Jaime
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Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0517, USA. jagascot@utmb.edu