Complications
Along the olecranon runs a very important nerve, the ulnar nerve. We feel it when we bump our elbow and a sudden, unpleasantly electrifying feeling passes through us. If this nerve is injured when we break an elbow, tear a ligament at the elbow or during the subsequent surgery, numbness may occur in the ring and little finger area.
A restriction of movement in the described area can also occur. The ulnar nerve supplies many small muscles and nerve cells in the hand. Sometimes the paralysis subsides after a few weeks, sometimes it persists. Then a subsequent rehabilitative care must try to restore the functional range.
