Posterior interosseous nerve palsy following placement of the compass elbow hinge for acute instability: A case report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 554-560

  Tomaino, Matthew M ^a   Sotereanos, Dean G ^a   Westkaemper, John ^b   Plakseychuk, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow hinge; Posterior interosseous nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0032939476     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.0554     Document Type: Article

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