CHICAGO — Cross pinning may provide more stable reductions compared to lateral pinning for supracondylar humerus fractures. The trade off — more ulnar nerve injuries. In a retrospective study of 1028 ...

Researchers from Thailand found that cross pinning in supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children carries a higher risk of iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury than lateral pinning. The investigators ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The funny bone is anything but funny. So why does it hurt so bad when it gets hit? It turns out there's a "humerus" answer. WCCO spoke with Dr. L. Pearce McCarty III, who specializes in ...

The ulnar nerve is a major nerve that runs down through your arm and into your hand. It affects functions like squeezing and grasping things. Injuries to the ulnar nerve can be painful and limiting.

Results of ulnar nerve transposition have improved with the recognition of technical problems related to the surgery. Persistent or recurrent ulnar nerve compression ...

Your ulnar nerve runs all the way from your shoulder to your little finger. The ulnar nerve manages the muscles that allow you to make fine movements with your fingers. It also controls some of the ...

Ulnar nerve entrapment happens when there’s pressure on the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve travels from the shoulder to the pinky finger. It can cause symptoms like muscle weakness and numbness. The ...

The funny bone is actually the ulnar nerve, a nerve that runs from the neck all the way to the hand, where it innervates several muscles in the hand and forearm and ends in two branches that innervate ...

What Is Ulnar Nerve Entrapment? Ulnar nerve entrapment is when too much pressure is put against a nerve in your elbow by bones, tendons, muscles, or cartilage and it becomes inflamed or swollen. It’s ...

There’s no pain quite like the one you experience when you hit your funny bone. But what is going on to create such an odd feeling? Everybody knows that smacking your funny bone isn’t all that funny, ...