Predictors of functional outcomes after simple decompression for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: a multicenter study by the SUN study group.

Objective: To identify predictors of surgical outcome for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE).

Design: Prospective cohort followed for 1 year.

Setting: Clinics.

Trend of recovery after simple decompression for treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.

Background: Although numerous studies have investigated long-term outcomes after surgical treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow with simple decompression, no study has evaluated the trend of postoperative recovery. The authors assessed timing of recovery after simple decompression for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.

Methods: The five-center Surgery of the Ulnar Nerve Study Group prospectively recruited 58 consecutive subjects with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow and treated them with simple decompression.

An outcome study for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: a multicenter study by the surgery for ulnar nerve (SUN) study group.

Background: Many instruments have been developed to measure upper extremity disability, but few have been applied to ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE).

Objective: We measured patient outcomes following ulnar nerve decompression to (1) identify the most appropriate outcomes tools for UNE and (2) to describe outcomes following ulnar nerve decompression.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients from 5 centers were followed prospectively after nerve decompression.

Biomechanical properties of fixed-angle volar distal radius plates under dynamic loading.

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the biomechanical properties of 8 different locked fixed-angle volar distal radius plates under conditions designed to reflect forces seen in early fracture healing and postoperative rehabilitation.

Methods: We evaluated the Acumed Acu-Loc (Acumed, Hillsboro, OR), Hand Innovations DVR (Hand Innovations, Miami, FL), SBi SCS volar distal radial plate (Small Bone Innovations, Morrisville, PA), Synthes volar distal radius plate and EA extra-articular volar distal radius plate (Synthes, Paoli, PA), Stryker Matrix-SmartLock (Stryker Leibinger, Kalamazoo, MI), Wright Medical Technology Locon VLS (Wright Medical Technology, Arlington, TN), and Zimmer periarticular distal radius locking plate (Zimmer, Warsaw, IN). After affixing each plate to a synthetic corticocancellous radius, we created a standardized dorsal wedge osteotomy.

Evaluation and treatment of medial ulnar collateral ligament injuries in the throwing athlete.

Medial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries are common and are seen most frequently in baseball pitchers. Appropriate recognition, treatment, and rehabilitation are necessary to ensure the best chance for return to preinjury levels of participation. Participation in competitive sports may be disrupted for 6 months to 1 year when treated optimally.