Struthers ligament: a source of median nerve compression above the elbow

Case report

Richard V. Smith M.D.1 and Robert G. Fisher M.D.1
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  • 1 Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1973.38.6.0778
Online Publication Date:
Jun 1973
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✓ A case of median nerve entrapment at the elbow by a non-osseous fibrous ligament (Struthers) is presented. A relatively simple surgical procedure with ligament division afforded complete relief of symptoms. The existence of Struthers' ligament without a bony supracondylar process is reaffirmed, and the historical background of its identification outlined.

Volume 38: Issue 6 (Jun 1973)

in Journal of Neurosurgery
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Address reprint requests to: Richard V. Smith, M.D., Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
  • 1.

    Crisci V: Paresi del nervo mediano da processo sovraepitrocleare. Ann Ital Chir 40:578–583, 1963 Crisci V: Paresi del nervo mediano da processo sovraepitrocleare. Ann Ital Chir 40:578–583, 1963

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    Kopell HP, & Thompson WAL: Peripheral Entrapment Neuropathies. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1963, pp 101–105 Kopell HP, Thompson WAL: Peripheral Entrapment Neuropathies. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1963, pp 101–105

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    Struthers J: On a peculiarity of the humerus and humeral artery. Monthly J Med Sci 28:264–267, 1848 Struthers J: On a peculiarity of the humerus and humeral artery. Monthly J Med Sci 28:264–267, 1848

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    Struthers J: On the processus supra-condyloideus humeri of man. Trans Int Med Congr, London 1:148–151, 1881 Struthers J: On the processus supra-condyloideus humeri of man. Trans Int Med Congr, London 1:148–151, 1881

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