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Median and Radial Nerve Compression About the Elbow

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
² Penn Orthopaedic Institute, 1 Cupp Pavilion, Presbyterian Medical Center, 39th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail address: david.steinberg@uphs.upenn.edu
An Instructional Course Lecture, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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Look for this and other related articles in Instructional Course Lectures, Volume 57, which will be published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in March 2008: "Compression of the Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome," by Harris Gellman, MD

 
Cubital tunnel syndrome is the most well-recognized compression/traction neuropathy occurring around the elbow. Compression of the median and radial nerves about the elbow and forearm are less often encountered yet must be understood by any physician who treats upper extremity pathology.

Nontraumatic compression of the median and radial nerves at the elbow may each present in one of two forms: as a motor palsy or as a pain syndrome. Patients with anterior interosseous nerve syndrome present with hand weakness, whereas patients with pronator syndrome complain of pain and paresthesias that can be easily confused with carpal tunnel syndrome. Patients with posterior interosseous nerve syndrome present with hand . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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