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Malpractice claims associated with carpal tunnel surgery, distal radius fractures, replantation, and the field as a whole have previously been studied. To date, there has been no study of litigation related to CuTR independently; the aim of this paper is to do so.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Lexis+ (LexisNexis, New York, NY) legal database was queried for all cases relating to CuTR. Thirty-five cases were identified that were directly related to CuTR; these were amended with publicly available data on defendant specialty and training and statistically examined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Around 51% of cases favored the defendant, 37% favored the plaintiff, and 11% were resolved with a settlement. Median, maximum, and minimum award amounts were $415\u2009484, $11\u2009464\u2009991, and $180\u2009000, respectively. Awards significantly differed by claim type, with large awards for incorrect surgery ($1\u2009007\u2009500), negligent surgery ($389\u2009969), and poor post-op care ($11\u2009464\u2009991). There were no significant differences in outcomes or award amounts by specialty type, hand surgery training, years of experience, or simultaneous surgeries; however, surgeons with hand training had lower median awards ($400\u2009854 vs $430\u2009114), and there were lower awards for simultaneous surgeries ($372\u2009997 vs $445\u2009047).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cubital tunnel release appears to carry a higher liability than other procedures within hand surgery such as carpal tunnel release.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/15589447251369033","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,3]],"date-time":"2025-09-03T13:04:26Z","timestamp":1756904666000},"page":"952-955","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Litigation in Cubital Tunnel Surgery"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9160-6354","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Sculley","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Saint Louis University, MO, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2608-0382","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wassim","family":"Mourad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Saint Louis University, MO, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMsa1012370"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","unstructured":"Division of Practitioner Data Bank Bureau of Health Workforce Health Resources and Services Administration. 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