Surgical management of Guyon's canal syndrome: An ulnar nerve entrapment at the wrist: Report of two cases

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 106-111

  Aguiar, Paulo Henrique ^a,c   Bor Seng Shu, Edson ^a   Gomes Pinto, Fernando ^a   De Almeida Leme, Ricardo Jose ^a   Freitas, Alexandre Bruno R ^b   Martins, Roberto S ^a   Nakagawa, Edison S ^a   Tedesco Marchese, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Neurosurgical Clinic of Pinheiros   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Electromyography; Guyon's canal syndrome; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; WRIST;

EID: 0035292716     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000100022     Document Type: Article

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