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- Title
Surgical treatment of a tomaculous neuropathy.
- Authors
Taggart, T.F.; Allen, T.R.
- Abstract
Compressive neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow is the second most common nerve entrapment in the upper limb. Eight possible anatomical points of constriction have been identified. The most common constriction being the intermuscular septum proximally or between the two heads of the flexor carpi ulnaris in the cubital canal distally. Surgical release is successful in 80-90% of cases. Certain rare genetic conditions can predispose susceptible peripheral nerves to similar compressive neuropathies but there is no literature on surgical treatment of such patients. We present a case of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) often known as 'tomaculous' neuropathy, in a patient with ulnar nerve symptoms who underwent a surgical release.
- Subjects
ULNAR nerve; NEUROPATHY
- Publication
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2001, Vol 46, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0035-8835
- Publication type
Article