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In the past, subcutaneous or submuscular ventral transposition was supposed to be the method of choice in treating the entrapment neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow (1, 3, 4, 5, 7). From the hypothesis that the nerve was irritated in its pathologically altered bed in the sulcus (“sulcus-ulnaris-syndrome”), it appeared necessary to remove the nerve from this bed.
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Assmus, H. (1981). New Aspects of Pathogenesis and Therapy of the Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. In: Schiefer, W., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Brain Abscess and Meningitis. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67943-8_62
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