Study Design Questionnaire. Objective To evaluate the ability of spine surgeons to distinguish C8-T1 radiculopathies from ulnar neuropathy. Methods Twenty-four self-rated "experienced" cervical spine surgeons completed a questionnaire with the following items. (1) If the ulnar nerve is cut at the elbow, which of the following would be numb: ulnar forearm, small and ring fingers; only the ulnar ...

In nerve transfer, we transfer a physiologically active nerve to a distal, more important but irreparably paralyzed nerve. This surgical procedure is best done early within 6 months of the injury. Nerve transfer can be broadly classified into four categories: (1) Extraplexal; (2) Intraplexal and (3) Targeted nerve transfer. Prime extraplexal donors are the spinal accessory, phrenic and intercos...

Numerous causes are reported for ulnar nerve compression at the wrist, known as Guyon's tunnel syndrome. In the present article, a patient with Guyon's tunnel syndrome during pregnancy concomitant with an anomaly of ulnar nerve is described. A 29-year-old Iranian woman presented with clinical features of Guyon's tunnel syndrome (pain and paresthesia in the fifth finger of the left hand and atro...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and features of the arcade of Struthers, and to assess its clinical implication in ulnar nerve compression. METHOD Forty arms from 26 cadaver specimens were dissected in the Anatomy Laboratory of this institution. The extension of the arcade, distance from the medial epicondyle, and relation with ulnar nerve were recorded. RESULTS The arcade of Struthers...

We report a diabetic patient who developed skin lesions on her left forearm and ulnar nerve involvement following admission to the hospital and putting IV catheter for her treatment. Biopsy samples wee taken from her skin lesions and ulnar nerve and with further evaluation after 2 months, the diagnosis of fungal infection due to zygomycetes and mucur was considered based on the presence o...

BACKGROUND The ulnar nerve upper limb neurodynamic test (ULNT3) uses upper limb positioning to investigate symptoms arising from the ulnar nerve. It is proposed to selectively increase tension of the nerve; however, this property of the test is not well established. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the upper limb position that results in: (1) the greatest tension of the ulnar ...

Kaplan's accessory branch is an aberrant branch of the dorsal cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve that arises proximal to the styloid process of the ulna and courses ulnar to the pisiform. Variations of this anomaly have been described as having an end point of connection to the sensory branch of the ulnar nerve, to the motor branch of the ulnar nerve (rare), to the digital nerve at the level o...