Late results of removing the medial humeral epicondyle for traumatic ulnar neuritis.

In 1950 we reported sixteen operations for the reliefoftraumatic ulnar neuritis by excision of the medial epicondyle and adjacent supracondylar ridge of the humerus, to which the medial intermuscular septum is attached. This simple operation had provided early results that were gratifying. Pain was cured in all. Sensation and muscle power, although not recovering completely in the short period of observation, showed improvement. SmithPetersen (1950) stated that he had been using this method independently for ten years and was pleased with the results. The object of this paper is to report the late results in twenty patients in whom it was possible to follow the progress (Table I).