Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow: Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging, clinical, electrodiagnostic, and intraoperative findings

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 458-465

  Britz, Gavin W ^a   Haynor, David R ^a   Kuntz, Charles ^a   Goodkin, Robert ^a   Gitter, Andrew ^b   Maravilla, Kenneth ^a   Kliot, Michel ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; MRI; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 0030044885     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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