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C. V. Wolfe, MD
793 W State St Columbus, OH 43222

Arch Neurol. 1976;33(6):457.

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To the Editor.—

In the article by Dr Finelli in the August ARCHIVES (23:564-565, 1975) concerning the compression syndrome of the deep palmar branch of the ulnar nerve, Dr Finelli stated that the ulnar nerve latency across the wrist was normal, but he did not specify if he checked the latency only by standard technique, ie, with the pickup over the abductor digiti quinti, a muscle often spared from compression by early branching of its first division (as Dr Finelli himself noted). The deep palmar branch latency to the first dorsal interosseus can also be obtained,¹ thus assessing the nerve within the palm itself. The pickup electrode for the deep branch can be placed either over the first dorsal interosseus² or the adductor pollicis,³ either by needle⁴ or surface methods.^2,3 The nerve is stimulated in the usual location at the wrist. Carpendale³ found that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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