• Anne Kurver, Jan Meulstee, BartelsRonald H M ARHMADepartment of Neurosurgery, RadboudUMC, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands., and VerhagenWim I MWIMDepartment of Neurology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Weg door Jonkerbos 100, 6532 SZ Nijmegen, the Netherlands..
• Department of Neurology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Weg door Jonkerbos 100, 6532 SZ Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Present address: Department of Neurology, Haga Hospital, Els Borst-Eilersplein 275, 2545 AA The Hague, the Netherlands. Electronic address: A.Kurver@hagaziekenhuis.nl.
• World Neurosurg. 2024 Nov 22.

IntroductionUlnar nerve entrapment at the elbow is a common neurological entrapment neuropathy. Previous research has shown that surgical treatment can be highly successful. Only a few studies have reported on long-term outcome after surgery. In this study we report on the long-term follow-up after surgery for ulnar nerve compression at the elbow METHODS: We performed a long-term follow-up study, more than 20 years after surgery, for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. We also compared two methods: simple decompression and anterior subcutaneous transposition. A short outcome questionnaire, adapted from Novak et al. 1, was sent to retrieve data on the long-term follow-up outcomes.Results39 patients were included in this study. At long-term follow-up, there was no significant difference in outcome compared to outcome at one-year follow-up.ConclusionWe may conclude that the surgical treatment is also successful in the long term.Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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