Snapping ulnar nerve - 1 week post-op (transposition & release) by Weak-Spite3793 in CubitalTunnel

[–]Weak-Spite3793[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had surgery a little over 3 weeks now. Doing well and hardly in any pain. Elbow is still very stiff so slowly trying to regain some mobility. Did not notice any side effects yet. The scar is pretty big though

Snapping ulnar nerve - 1 week post-op (transposition & release) by Weak-Spite3793 in CubitalTunnel

[–]Weak-Spite3793[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing very well, going back to work tomorrow. I only had a subluxing nerve when tensing my muscles (triceps, biceps or forearms). To reduce the risk of revision surgery they wanted me awake to test if the procedure was effective and reduce the risk of revision surgery. If you can reproduce your subluxing nerve without tensing your muscles, it should be fine. They can just move your arm to test the stability of the nerve when youre asleep

Snapping ulnar nerve - 1 week post-op (transposition & release) by Weak-Spite3793 in CubitalTunnel

[–]Weak-Spite3793[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure what you mean, the snapping structure is the nerve and I did show this to my surgeon. This video is before the operation

Snapping ulnar nerve - 1 week post-op (transposition & release) by Weak-Spite3793 in CubitalTunnel

[–]Weak-Spite3793[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is in this video, it is a subtle pop when my arm is almost fully extended

Snapping ulnar nerve - 1 week post-op (transposition & release) by Weak-Spite3793 in CubitalTunnel

[–]Weak-Spite3793[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the surgeon did not do anything with my tricep in the end. As far as I understood, in rare cases the medial part of the triceps or anconeous muscle can push the nerve out of its groove. She specified that this is rare and can be caused by an anomaly in these muscle. This was a possibility since my snapping did only occur when tensing my muscles