Results of the Musculofascial Lengthening Technique for Submuscular Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow by A. Lee Dellon, and J. Henk Coert JBJS.
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Results of the Musculofascial Lengthening Technique for Submuscular Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve at the
The incision for the submuscular transposition of the ulnar nerve crosses the territories of the medial antebrachial and medial brachial cutaneous nerves, injury to either of which may be the
source of postoperative incisional pain and the formation of a pa...
A. Lee Dellon, and J. Henk Coert J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:169-179
Intraoperative photograph showing the neurolysis of the ulnar nerve completed and the markings for the musculofascial lengthening drawn on the flexor-pronator fascia.
A. Lee Dellon, and J. Henk Coert J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:169-179
The common flexor tendon is dissected from the joint capsule, distally, so that the surgeon does not leave a fibrous ridge on which the ulnar nerve might lie.
A. Lee Dellon, and J. Henk Coert J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:169-179
The periosteal origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, the analog of the medial intermuscular septum proximally, is released distally from the ulna.
A. Lee Dellon, and J. Henk Coert J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004;os-86:169-179