Two year outcome following surgical therapy for cubital tunnel syndrome. Simple decompression or subcutaneous anterior transposition?

The purpose of this prospective randomised study was to evaluate which kind of operative technique for treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome is favourable: subcutaneous anterior transposition or nerve decompression without transposition. This study included 66 patients suffering from pain and/either neurological deficits with clinically and electrographically proven cubital tunnel syndrome. 32 patients underwent nerve decompression without transposition, whereas 34 underwent subcutaneous transposition of the nerve. Follow-up examinations evaluating pain, motor and sensory deficits as well as motor nerve conductio…