{
  "abstract": "The American Society of Regional Anesthesia 2015 guidelines suggest that pre-existing nerve damage constitutes a relative contraindication to peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs), although these guidelines emphasize systemic neuropathies rather than distal compressive neuropathies. 1 Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common compressive neuropathy, yet there is sparse data evaluating neurologic outcomes for different anesthesia types for ulnar decompressive surgery.2 We conducted a retrospective study to assess postoperative neurologic outcomes in patients undergoing ulnar decompression. We hypothesized that patient-reported postoperative neurologic improvement would be similar with PNB vers other anesthesia types.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Aaron Tarnasky"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Tobenna Moghalu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Chris McNulty"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of OrthoMidwest, Orthoillinois, Rockford, Illinois, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Neal Shah"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Andrea Ibarra"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Steven Orebaugh"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Safety of regional anesthesia for patients with pre-existing ulnar neuropathy undergoing decompressive surgery",
  "uid": "ed1e0676-7683-5ebe-81d9-4ec212336bef"
}