Hook of hamate fractures, while uncommon in the general population, are more common among athletes.These may occur due to repetitive stress on the hypothenar eminence of the hand from a bat, club ...

Ulnar Neuropathy: A condition caused by compression of the ulnar nerve, leading to pain, numbness, or weakness in the hand.

The ulnar nerve gives sensation to the forearm and fourth and fifth fingers. Entrapment occurs when the nerve is compressed or irritated. Learn more here.

Eighty patients (34 women and 46 men) aged between 20 and 68 years underwent ulnar nerve compression. A medial incision made over the elbow, exposes the ulnar nerve and frees it at the ulnar groove.

In this area the ulnar nerve comes to lie in a shallow, oblique trough whose walls are the pisiform bone medially and the hook of the hamate laterally. The floor is bone thinly covered by ligament ...

Nerve compression syndrome occurs when a nerve is squeezed. We’ll tell you the types, how it’s treated, and if it’s possible to prevent further problems.

Fractures of the hook of the hamate have rarely been reported. They have usually resulted from blunt trauma or a sharp strike against the hamate hook while swinging a golf club, baseball bat, or ...

The differential diagnosis includes embolic phenomenon, Raynaud's disease, ulnar tunnel syndrome, peripheral vascular disease, hook of the hamate fracture, and myriad connective tissue and ...

You know how much that hurts? Make it hurt 100 times more. Apparently, ulnar nerve entrapment occurs when the ulnar nerve in the arm becomes irritated, in KML’s case, compressed by trauma.

The ulnar nerve provides valuable sensory information in the last two fingers of the hand as well as the palm on that side. In short, you'll either feel pain or lose some proprioception.