Template:Did you know nominations/Osborne's ligament
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:51, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
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Osborne's ligament
- ... that under the elbow of some people, there is a tissue called Osborne's ligament that can compress the ulnar nerve when the elbow is flexed, causing numbness and weakness in the fingers? Source: "Gradual compression of the ulnar nerve in the 'cubital' tunnel ... Grade III.—Severe lesions—marked paralysis of the interossei is present with wasting and weakness of the hypo-thenar muscles and complete or partial anaesthesia." ([1])
Created by Karto1 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:34, 18 February 2021 (UTC).
- Reviewing
- Article is new enough, well written, neutral and supported by inline citations.
- Long enough.
- Hook is short enough, correctly formatted and supported by inline citation.
- No copyvio issue on Earwig.
- QPQ done.
- Comment. A nice article which I think would be improved by expanding briefly on management. The clinical relevance is the possibility that the ligament may be the cause of cubital fossa syndrome. Where symptoms are mild this may be treated conservatively but where severe or muscle wasting is present, surgical division of the ligament will result in resolution of symptoms in the majority of cases.
