Does the Dominant Hand Factor Have an Effect on Postoperative Improvement in the Surgical Treatment of Ulnar Nerve Entrapment?
Erkut Baha Bulduk1, Zeki Serdar Ataizi21Department of Neurosurgery, Atılım University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 2Department of Neurosurgery,, Eskişehir Yunus Emre Government Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey
Objective: Ulnar nerve entrapment is the most frequently encountered entrapment neuropathy after the carpal tünel syndrome. Surgical treatment is usually suggested to patients who do not benefit from conservative treatment. In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of the dominant hand on the clinical results of ulnar nerve decompression surgery. Patients and Methods: 48 (25 D, 23 N-D ) patients were included in the study. The Edinburgh Handedness Inventory was used to identify the dominant hand of patients included in the study. Visual analogue scale (VAS) values were evaluated pre- and postoperatively. Results: 25 patients underwent surgery on the dominant hand and 23 patients had surgery to their non-dominant hand. The VAS values of patients who underwent non-dominant hand surgery were lower than those who underwent surgery on the dominant hand. Conclusion: In our study, the recovery time of patients operated on the dominant side due to ulnar nerve compression was longer than the patients operated on the non-dominant side. In our opinion, exercise and protection programs for dominant hands in the postoperative period of ulnar nerve entrapment surgery, in addition to a good surgical technique, positively affects the results of surgical treatment. Keywords: dominant hand, ulnar nerve, nerve entrapment, surgical treatment
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Bulduk E, Ataizi Z. Does the Dominant Hand Factor Have an Effect on Postoperative Improvement in the Surgical Treatment of Ulnar Nerve Entrapment?. EJMI. 2020; 4(4): 525-528
Corresponding Author: Erkut Baha Bulduk