Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30919024›Full record

ReviewSkeletal radiology2019

MR imaging of the postsurgical cubital tunnel: an imaging review of the cubital tunnel, cubital tunnel syndrome, and associated surgical techniques.

Nicholas G Rhodes, Benjamin M Howe, Matthew A Frick, Steven L Moran

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Review in Skeletal radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nicholas G RhodesDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. rhodes.nicholas@mayo.edu.
Benjamin M HoweDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Matthew A FrickDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Steven L MoranDepartment of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ulnar nerve compression at the elbow, specifically the cubital tunnel, is the second most common upper extremity compression neuropathy. Many patients presenting with compression symptoms will subsequently undergo surgical intervention. We review the open surgical treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome and review the expected postoperative imaging appearance of those treatments on magnetic resonance imaging (MR), including: simple or in situ decompression, medial epicondylectomy, and anterior transposition, including subcutaneous, intramuscular, and submuscular variants. We discuss the relevant anatomy of the presurgical cubital tunnel and common sites and causes of ulnar nerve compression at and about the cubital tunnel. The imaging appearance of the preoperative and postoperative ulnar nerve and postoperative complications are reviewed.

Indexed as

Cubital Tunnel SyndromeDecompression, SurgicalHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPostoperative ComplicationsUlnar NerveAnterior transpositionCubital tunnel syndromeElbowIntramuscular transpositionMedial epicondylectomyNerve entrapmentNerve impingementSubcutaneous transpositionSubmuscular transpositionUlnar nerve decompression

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PMID30919024

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