History of the surgical treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome

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Cubital tunnel syndrome is a widespread form of peripheral neuropathy. This article presents chronological overview of the surgical treatment methods of cubital tunnel syndrome along with authors who described them for the first time.

The historical review provides for better understanding of existent surgical methods und for development new surgical approaches of treatment cubital tunnel syndrome

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Rudiko Jigania

North-Western State Medical University named after I.I Mechnikov

Author for correspondence.
Email: jixa84@mail.ru

Postgraduate student of neurosurgical department named after prof. A.L. Polenov

Russian Federation, 191015, Saint-Petersburg, Kirochnaya ul. 41

Mikhail M. Korotkevich

Polenov Russian Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Almazov National Medical Research Centre

Email: m_korotkevich672@mail.ru

Doctor of I neurosurgical bedded departmen

Russian Federation, 191014, St. Petersburg, Mayakovskogo street, 12

Andrei Yu. Orlov

Polenov Russian Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Almazov National Medical Research Centre

Email: orloff-andrei@mail.ru

Head of I neurosurgical bedded department; Doctor of medical science

Russian Federation, 191014, St. Petersburg, Mayakovskogo street, 12

V. P. Bersnev

Polenov Russian Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Almazov National Medical Research Centre; North-Western State Medical University named after I.I Mechnikov

Email: jixa84@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 191014, St. Petersburg, Mayakovskogo street, 12; 41, Kirochnaya street, Saint-Petersburg, 191015

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4. Fig. 3. Benjamin Farquhar Curtis (1857–1924) [3]

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5. Fig. 4. Albert Mouchet (1869–1963) [3]

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6. Fig. 5. Rudolf Klauser (1880–1965) [3]

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7. Fig. 6. Thomas King (1899–1973) [3]

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8. Fig. 7. The staff of Surgical department of the Peripheral Nervous System of Polenov Russian Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 1967 (from left to right V.N. Berezin, V.P. Besnev, K.A. Grigorovich, I.A. Lobanov, O.N. Izvekov, G.S. Kokin). Personal files of the library of Polenov Russian Research Institute of Neurosurgery

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