Ulnar nerve surgery Treatment Report

Category: Surgeries

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What is Ulnar nerve surgery?

An example of Ulnar nerve surgery

The ulnar nerve is one of the three main nerves in the arm. If the nerve is very compressed; or if there is muscle wasting, the doctor may recommend surgery to take pressure off of the nerve.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pinched/compressed ulnar nerve 2 0
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1
Moderate
0
Mild
0
None
0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ulnar nerve surgery

Hospitalization 2

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Ulnar nerve surgery (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 100%

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Stopped Having Ulnar nerve surgery

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ulnar nerve surgery

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ulnar nerve surgery

Very
1 100%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ulnar nerve surgery

$200+
1 100%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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1 patient evaluation for Ulnar nerve surgery

  • Rick N
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 3 stars
    MS: 24 yrs
    Mentor
    Type: Primary Progressive
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: severe
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  • See Rick N's full Ulnar nerve surgery history
Purpose: wheelchair competing (Started Mar 11, 2010)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 14, 2010 As needed Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
Side effects:
Insomnia
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