《Applied anatomical study of the vascularized ulnar nerve and its blood supply for cubital tunnel syndrome at the elbow region》.pdfVIP

NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH January 2015,Volume 10,Issue 1 RESEARCH ARTICLE Applied anatomical study of the vascularized ulnar nerve and its blood supply for cubital tunnel syndrome at the elbow region 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1, * Mei-xiu-li Li , Qiong He , Zhong-lin Hu , Sheng-hua Chen , Yun-cheng Lv , Zheng-hai Liu , Yong Wen , Tian-hong Peng 1 Laboratory of Clinical Anatomy, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan Province, China 2 Department of Radiology, Chen-xi Hospital, Huaihua, Hunan Province, China Abstract *Correspondence to: Cubital tunnel syndrome is often accompanied by paresthesia in ulnar nerve sites and hand Tian-hong Peng, thpeng67@163.com. muscle atrophy. When muscle weakness occurs, or after failure of more conservative treatments, anterior transposition is used. In the present study, the ulnar nerve and its blood vessels were doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.150723 examined in the elbows of 18 adult cadavers, and the external diameter of the nutrient vessels / of the ulnar nerve at the point of origin, the distances between the origin of the vessels and the medial epicondyle of the humerus, and the length of the vessels accompanying the ulnar nerve Accepted: 2014-09-04 in the superior ulnar collateral artery, the inferior ulnar collateral artery, and the posterior ulnar recurrent artery were measured. Anterior transposition of the vascularized ulnar nerve was per-