What is the causative mechanism and the structure(s) involved in "cubital tunnel syndrome"?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
Cubital tunnel syndrome is compression of the ulnar nerve generally created by two factors: excessive tension in the nerve created by entrapment at the medial epicondyle, and excessive compression of the nerve created by repeated or forceful contractions of the flexor carpi ulnaris through which the ulnar nerve passes.
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