An Update on Treatment Modalities for Ulnar Nerve Entrapment: A Literature Review

CONCLUSIONS: Clinical diagnosis of ulnar nerve entrapment can often be delayed and requires the suspicion as well as a thorough neurological exam. Early recognition and diagnois are important for early institution of treatment. A wide array of diagnostic imaging can be useful in ruling out bony, soft tissue, or vascular etiologies, respectively. However, clinicians should resort to electrodiagnostic testing when a definitive diagnois is needed. Many new minimally invasive techniques are in the literature and show great promise; however, further large scale trials are needed to validate these techniques. Surgical options remains as a gold standard when adequate symptom relief is not achieved through minimally invasive means.PMID:34150581 | PMC:PMC8207847 | DOI:10.5812/aapm.112070
Source: Pain Physician - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Source Type: research