Bowler's thumb treated by translocation of the digital nerve.


Published online: Sep 27 1999

L De Smet, H Van Ransbeeck, and G Fabry.

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

A case of neuroma of the ulnar digital nerve of the thumb in a bowler was treated successfully by translocation of the nerve beneath the adductor pollicis.

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