An anatomical study of medial epicondyle in relation with nerves

Abstract

Background: Cubital tunnel syndrome, or ulnar nerve compression at the elbow, is the second most common compression neuropathy after carpal tunnel syndrome. Aims and Objectives: To study anatomy of the medial epicondyle in relation with nerves. Methodology: This was a cadaveric study in the 36 cadaveric hand dissected in the department of anatomy of V D Government Medical College, Latur during the two year duration i.e. January 2019 to January 2021, in the 2 years duration all the cadavers are dissected carefully and the observations were noted in the excel sheet. Data was entered in the Microsoft excel for windows 10 software and calculated Mean and Standard deviation. Result: In our study, Arm length (cm) was 28.12 ± 2.34; Length of Arcade of Struthers (AS) (cm) was 4.12 ± 1.65 Distance between AS and Medial epicondyle was 8.62 ± 0.98. Average branching pattern of nerve related to medial epicondyle i.e. for Median nerve branching (Mean ±SD) - 3.1 ± 0.94; Radial nerve branching (Mean ±SD) -2.28 ± 1.02; Ulnar nerve branching (Mean ±SD)- 2.91 ± 0.59 respectively. Conclusion: An anatomical study of medial epicondyle in relation with nerves not only important for the prevention of pathologies of elbow but also helpful in the treatment of the fractures of lower end of humerus and medical epicondyle.