Management of Intolerance to Casting the Upper Extremities in Claustrophobic Patients

Table 1

Case	Sex	Age	Diagnosis	Treatment	Awareness of claustrophobia	Relevance to immobilization
1	M	44	Left radius fracture	ORIF	Yes	Yes
2	M	49	Left cubital tunnel syndrome	Submuscular transposition	Yes	Yes
3	F	31	Left scaphoid fracture	Internal fixation	Yes	Yes
4	M	35	Left elbow soft tissue tumor	Excision	Yes	No
5	F	43	Right hand soft tissue tumor	Excision	Yes	No
6	M	46	Left EPL injury	Tendon repair	Yes	No
7	M	53	Left cubital tunnel syndrome	Submuscular transposition	Yes	No
8	F	41	Right radius fracture	ORIF	No	No
9	F	56	Right carpal tunnel syndrome	Carpal tunnel release	No	No