Surgical treatment of common entrapment neuropathies in the upper limbs

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1160-1174

  Arle, Jeffrey E ^a   Zager, Eric L ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Cubital tunnel; Entrapment neuropathy; Peripheral nerve; Radial tunnel

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033855014     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200008)23:8<1160::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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