Unrecognized dislocation of the medial portion of the triceps: Another cause of failed ulnar nerve transposition

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-57

  Spinner, Robert J ^a   O'Driscoll, Shawn W ^b   Jupiter, Jesse B ^b   Goldner, Richard D ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Failed ulnar nerve surgery; Snapping triceps; Ulnar nerve dislocation; Ulnar nerve transposition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURITIS; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033980923     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.1.0052     Document Type: Article

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