Surgical treatment of compression of the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve

We describe an operation to relieve compression of the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve at the elbow. Between 1987 and 1997 we operated on seven p atients, one with bilateral compression. In two the compression was associa ted with injury to biceps. A longitudinal or a transverse incision was carr ied out and the nerve was released from the deep fascia, Partial excision o f the biceps aponeurosis was undertaken in the patients who did not have in jury to biceps; some additional procedures were required for those patients with injuries. All patients had symptomatic relief.