Injury to the dorsal sensory branch of the ulnar nerve in the arthroscopic repair of ulnar-sided triangular fibrocartilage tears using an inside-out technique: A cadaver study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 840-844

  McAdams, Timothy R ^a   Hentz, Vincent R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Arthroscopy; Repair; Triangular fibrocartilage; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHONDROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE TEAR; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0036736729     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.34370     Document Type: Article

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