Ulnar Nerve Transposition Surgery
2008 March 23
On 3/17/08 I had surgery to correct a pinched nerve in my elbow. The pinched nerve was causing the pinky and ring fingers to be numb and tingle, also serve arm aching. Hopefully this surgery will correct the issue, however the pain right now is horrible. The nerve was relocated to forearm under the muscle. Here are some pictures of my arm taken 4 days after surgery.
Picture of the incision.
Bruising.
I had my right arm done on oct-22 and it turned out great. I now have tingling in my whole hand on my left arm. I am going yo have surgery on my elbow ulnar nerve and wrist for carpal tunnel. He is going to do both at the same time. I am having surgery on Tuesday 12-23. And again I will be in a fiberglass long arm cast for 5-6 weeks. The only problem I still have in my right is the incision is sore.
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wowowow.owwwwwwwwwww…i have to have that done too!! is it day surgery? i have to have both done but not at once i imagine arghhh
I’m not having both arms done. I am having elbow and wrist at the same time. It is day surgery.
Sherry
They will not do both at same time. I did have both done but 2 weeks apart only because of work issues. The doctor was dead against this as it is impossible to function without either arms and causes other problems which I am now experiencing.
Right now, I am a little over four weeks post op from submuscular anterior transposition and I am feeling prettstrengthy fortunate. I almost have full range of motion, with little pain now. I start exercises in a week or so. BUT, the doctor said he had lengthened my tendon. Does anyone know how this is done, or why it is done. Thanks! Will check back later.
first my symptoms started on my entire left side. they have been intermittent. the last 4 weeks it has settled in my left hand. i have decreased strength. weakness. my hand contractures at night, and i have severe pain worse at night. after numerous MRI of the brain and c-spine, and nerve conduction tests, muscle biopsies etc… it was determined that i need to have this ulnar nerve transposition surgery asap, because of the significant decline in function. md said it will be permanent if not corrected soon. may already have permanent damage.
Happy Holidays to all!! I am so thankful for this website and all the info that I got from it that I never would have known otherwise. I am doing well. I cheated and took the removable splint off on Monday, it was suppposed to stay on until Friday, but I couldn’t stand it any more. Still taken it easy though. My elbow is sore from being in contact w/ the splint constantly. I have pretty good range of motion, but there are things that hurt like hell if I attempt them. I am nervous abt returning to work, because doing a massage sounds painful, but I have til Jan 12 to get over the fear of the pain. I hope everyone has a great holiday and hope we are all pain free for the New Year.
I had the surgery on my left arm Tuesday 12-23-2008. The doc did submuscular trans for the ulnar nerve in my elbow and carpal tunnnel on my wrist. My arm and wrist are quite sore and swollen. Right now I am in a half cast (plaster) and lots of padding. On Wed or Fri he is going to put on a long arm cast (fiberglass from fingers to shoulder). When I had my right arm done he did the same thing. I keep it on for 5 weeks and after that I had great success with the pain and range of motion recovery.
hi, i had mine done on oct 18, 2008. got the cast off on dec 15, 2008. numbness has dimished greatly. losta lot of strength in the arm. range of motion is 100 percnet now. doc says,if i do something and it causes numbness to stop. i started back at golf last night. woo hoo. i can type again with out the pain in the fingers. i still have boughts of tingling if i over do it with exercise.
anyone know what we are not suppose to do??
Regarding what you can and cannot do, I was told let pain be your guide. If it hurts do not push it, nerves aren’t like bones and don’t like being pushed through pain. I am surprised you a playing golf so soon. I had both my arms done in August/September and have been strictly instructed not to do any sport. Whilst both arms were out of action, both in splints, I was getting dressed one morning and tore a tendon in my left shoulder, 4 weeks ago I did the same thing to the right arm. It took them 16 weeks before they decided to listen to me and run an MRI scan to show this. So my advice to everyone, don’t overdo it. Even if you are feeling good, do half what you normally would do and give the muscles time to heal properly.
I had ulnar nerve transposition at elbow and carperal tunnel at wrist oct.13. I just found out I need another surgery for trigger finger.Doctor said I might have done too much to soon.So try and take it a little slower.
Trigger finger can be treated with a cortisone injection. This is what my doctor did and it worked.
Did you have a cast or splint. I had my right arm in a cast for 5 weeks and I do everything with it. It turned out great and I think the cast was the reason. The people on this site who only had splints seem to still be having alot of problems.
me
I agree with you. I am in Australia and only had little splints. I had my surgery done in August to both arms and am now worse off. I have torn tendons now in both arms but it took 18 weeks after reporting feeling the tear for any test to be run. Despite the tear, I am left running around trying to find physio and massage to help and am receiving very little advice on now how to get this all better. Not only am I now having problems with arms and hands but have little use of shoulders. Certainly never think of coming to Australia for surgery!
Pat my qestion about the cast was for you. Somehow it got posted under kath.
Hi everyone, I’ve posted an update about the surgery at the following link.
http://moxiefoxtrot.com/2008/12/30/ulnar-nerve-transposition-surgery-update-3/
- Ryan
I GOT MY CAST ON NOW FOR MY LEFT ARM. IT WILL BE ON 4-6 WEEKS. I STILL THINK HAVING A CAST IS THE BEST WAY TO HEAL. I HAD TO MUCH MOVEMENT IN MY SPLINT. I ALSO HAVE VERY LITTLE PAIN IN THE CAST.
Well its been 3 mos now.pain in elbow and wrist is still there.More like an ache rather than pain but gets worse the more i do.Going to see a specialist tomorrow.Not sure where this is going but the Doc that performed the surgery said that my sensitivity is very high.When i rub my forearm and palm of hand it sends pins and needle feeling to my pinky and ring finger.He says they may try a nerve med like neurotin which i understand is also used to treat seizures.The other option is to do the surgery over and this time put the nerve under the muscle.I’m not jumping to any conclusions ill wait to see what the specialist says.Still taking Percocet 5mg and also scheduled to go see a pain management doctor.I asked if putting the nerve under my arm would take the constant ache away because if not i dont want that surgery done.I can live with the pins and needles feeling just not the ache.When i go back to work i use my arms for lifting,pulling and i do alot of crawling around so i need to be sure this will hold up to what i’m about to throw at it