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Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update 4 by marcus

marcus — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:28:05 +0000

Hi, I am not able to make an appointment with my surgeon because he is on holiday now and I do not know what to do.

I had submuscular transposition of the ulnar nerve on 31st march, on Tuesday 27th April I had the cast removed and today I just noticed that the nerve is still coming out of its groove at the elbow when I open and close my arm. I thought that they move the nerve under the muscle but it is popping exactly where it was before I had the surgery. Is this normal for the nerve to still be popping out of its groove in the same place?

Thanks for your time

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update 4 by windy s

windy s — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:30:59 +0000

Ok so i just had this surgery done on March 27… I am still on my pain meds and it still to now hurts pretty bad when touched. I can move my fingers good..but cant grab things.. I cant put my arm straight. I am allowed to try to move it back and fourth and suppost to start theropy on the 24th. I go back sometime the first week in may to see the doctor. However two weeks after surgery I had the splint taken off and very little brusing.. yes there was some and the scar is going to be bad. i also at the same time had to debree(cant spell sorry) the tendon on the other side of the elbow too..so that could be causing some of the pain…. The surgery is hopefully going to be helpfull in the long run

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update 4 by kim t

kim t — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:01:05 +0000

I had a car accident in March 2003, the airbag jolted my arm into the car window and i was told i needed ulnar nerve transposition surgery. I had the surgery in August 2003 and its now 2012 and I have no relief, never did. I shouldve left it alone. Please dont do it because most people say you have the same if not worse symptoms!! I I am also a massage therapist and am much weaker now in that arm. Also my grandma had it last year and still has pain and had trouble healing!! DO NOT DO IT!! My recommendation (cold laser therapy) ask about it, its non invasive and painless.

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery by Angelo

Angelo — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:38:05 +0000

Hello all, I am wondering if anyone has had my symptoms. I do not have any pain, however I have weakness in my right forearm, hand, and fingers. It all started about 2 months ago when I noticed I was having a small problem writing. It started getting worse, so I went to a neurologist. He sent me for an MRI of the cervical spine last week. I had an EMG test yesterday.(he told me off the record it looks like ulnar nerve damage at my elbow.) I am now scheduled for a CT scan of my neck tomorrow. I was told to call my doctor on friday to see what the problem is, and what options I have. I have wasting musle between my thumb, and index finger. At this point I have hardly any finger dexterity, and very little stength in my forearm. I cannot write, and it is a task to use a spoon, or fork correctly. I am 56 yrs. old, and right handed, and like to work with my hands. This whole thing has got me stressed out. What puzzles everyone is that it came on so fast, and gets worse each day. I have read these posts, and the surgery part seems a bit scary. If anyone is interested, I’ll report what my doctor has to say, and keep you posted. Thanks

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update 3 by germaine

germaine — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:21:18 +0000

Wow i hear so many of you having issues with your hands even after surgery, I will have my surgery in 2 days i am looking into how i will function after it is all done. i am very happy and worried not that i see what can be the results, i don’t want to be in more pain. I am in the Navy, so if any thing goes bad the gov will take care of me that means the Navy will kick me out and give me some money….that of course ain’t worth the pain so i hope it all goes will. we all know too well things can go bad even when all the necessary steps are taken. so wish you all the best and i hope my ulnar nerve compression surgery goes well.

G Sparman
U.S Navy

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update 4 by Rana

Rana — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:34:43 +0000

I was told yesterday that I need to have this done to my arm . I am really scared to have it done i am a massage therapist and I really need to know if my arm is going to be ok if I do this and how long I will be out if I do do it there is nothing like the pain I am feeling in my arm is the pain worse after the surgey your is it 100% pain free after .

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery by Lee

Lee — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:14:24 +0000

Hi Carrie,
I had my ulnar nerve transposition surgery a year ago. And my pain is worse now than before I had my surgery. I get tingling in all four fingers except my thumb. I get a burning sensation on the elbow area. My fingers go completely stiff when I’m trying to clean my house. I struggle to sleep all the time. If someone knocks my elbow, I’m in agony! I don’t go to crowded places, cos Im too scared someone will knock me. The dull pain I get while driving or trying to do everything things are the worse. I’ve lost a lot of enjoyment of my life, and it’s frustrates me that my surgeon told me I will be back to full duties six weeks after my surgery. Well it took 9 weeks to straighten my arm with the help of a physio and hydro therapy. But I have been left with very weak arms, and constant pain and pins & needles. And now because I have had to rely on my left arm for everything, i am suffering with the same pain with that now. Thanks for your story, it has really helped me.

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update by Martha

Martha — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:01:14 +0000

I had two surgeries. The first one was on my left elbow for Ulnar Nerve – I had that done by a private specialist instead of workman’s comp. The second surgery was on my right arm and this time I went through WC and what a big mistake. My left arm healed up very nicely and quickly with no problems. My right arm is getting worse and it’s been almost 3 years since I’ve had it done. Since I was retiring they told me to live with it and that it will get better since I won’t be working!!! Well, I am now going back to my own doctor to find out if I can reopen the WC case so they can fix my arm right. I am very disappointed with WC and hope they will reopen the case because my arm just gets worse. I believe we just need to keep going back until are bodies are at lest 90% correct. Isn’t that why the doctors get paid the big bucks?

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update 3 by Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:11:36 +0000

Have any of you ever heard of a surgery in which the ulnar nerve was moved BACK to the cubital tunnel after it was transposed?

This is my situation: six years ago, I dislocated my ulnar nerve while trying too hard to lift weights in the gym of a college I used to go to. I didn’t say anything about it for about 4-5 years until it got to be too much for me. My nerve would constantly move around in the outside of my inner elbow, and I felt sharp shocks at worst if I bent my arm the wrong way or hit that area, and a constantly lingering tugging sensation at best.

So, I had the submuscular ulnar nerve transposition surgery (I was told my arms were probably too scrawny for the subcutaneous one to work).

Most of my pain is gone, but I still occasionally feel shocks in my elbow, almost half the time I try to lift anything with my arms… which makes weight lifting impractical for me and even interferes with a few basic things like changing clothes. I talked to my surgeon again recently, and he told me that a tendon was passing over and pressing down on my nerve now, because of where that nerve was affixed to because of my prior surgery. He thought the tendon was inflamed (golfer’s elbow?), gave me a cortisone injection to bring down the swelling, and sent me on my way.

Three days later, and I’m still feeling these shocks. My arm doesn’t feel any different.

What I don’t understand, is why my nerve can’t just be moved back into the cubital tunnel, where it was when I was born. My surgeon told me that some people’s ligaments just can’t hold the nerve in that tunnel and they were just born that way, insinuating that I was such a person, but I have never had any problems once with my nerve prior to the first time I popped it out of the tunnel, six years ago. Not once before that.

Do I at least have strong enough of a case to seek a second opinion from a different surgeon?

Comment on Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery – Update 3 by Maysa

Maysa — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:49:49 +0000

I had ulnar nerve transposition and tennis elbow surgery done on 12/22/2011 and was in a cast for 10 days. I have to tell you that this was one wicked surgery for me. I am 33 days post-op right now and still can’t hold a coffee cup. My incision from the ulnar nerve transposition is still very sore and I have quite a bit of swelling. My fine motor skills, well lets put it this way my handing writing is not very good and it hurts to write. I had a visit with my Doctor today and he does not want to release me to back to work until 02/28/2012. My husband seems to think that this is crazy.

My suggestion for the ladies who are going to have this done is short sleeve or overly big night gowns. For anyone who is thinking about having this done make sure you have a good support system at home because your going to need it. I was hung out to dry with no support or help from my husband and it was sink or swim for me. I was told I couldn’t drive for 2 weeks after the surgery, but had to go out each day to a restaurant to get myself something to eat. I would not suggest driving if your doctor is telling you not to. I had no choice. I am very aggravated with the inability to do simple things such as write my name and hold a coffee cup. I am wondering how long this going to last. I’m in physical therapy and have been 3 times a week since my cast came off. The therapist say’s that I am making good progress. I don’t know, maybe I would feel differently if I had the support that I needed at home.

Maysa