• Anne Kurver, Jan Meulstee, BartelsRonald H M ARHMADepartment of Neurosurgery, RadboudUMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., and VerhagenWim I MWIMDepartment of Neurology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands..
• Department of Neurology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: A.Kurver@hagaziekenhuis.nl.
• World Neurosurg. 2024 Dec 10; 194: 123493123493.

BackgroundUlnar 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.MethodsWe performed a long-term follow-up study, more than 20 years after surgery, for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. We also compared 2 methods: simple decompression and anterior subcutaneous transposition. A short outcome questionnaire, adapted from Novak et al., 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 1-year follow-up.ConclusionsWe may conclude that the surgical treatment is also successful in the long term.Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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