Endoscopic Decompression of the Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow

Magnetic resonance imaging of the elbow

“…Treatment of ulnar nerve compression is normally conservative, with rest, modification of activity, and occasionally local injection of corticosteroid. If patients fail to respond to conservative treatment, surgical decompression may be indicated, often performed in conjunction with transposition of the ulnar nerve or medial epicondylectomy (70)(71)(72).…”

Postoperative discomfort due to peripheral residual nerve blocks in outpatients who had carpal tunnel surgery

“…[8] Surgery could also cause discomfort. Uroš Ahčan [9] showed in a comparative study between the conventional technique and by macroscopic endoscopic visualization of the entire transverse carpal ligament a significant reduction in post operative discomfort after carpal tunnel surgery. This technique could avoid injuries subcutaneous palmar nerve terminal branch of the musculocutaneous.…”

Endoscopically assisted nerve decompression of rare nerve compression syndromes at the upper extremity

“…The technique presented here was adapted from one used previously for cubital tunnel syndrome. The latter was introduced in 1995 by Tsai et al [1] and since this princeps (principle) publication, two types of surgical endoscopically assisted nerve decompression techniques have been used: Knives [9][10][11][12] and scissors [13][14][15][16][17][18] techniques. Despite the excellent results sometimes reported in the literature, endoscopically assisted knife techniques are in our opinion hazardous because of the discrepancy between the size of the instruments and that of the nerve, and the inherent resulting potential for intraoperative nerve injuries.…”