Results of the musculofascial lengthening technique for submuscular transposition of the ulnar nerve at the elbow

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1314-1320

  Dellon, A Lee ^a   Coert, J Henk ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW DISEASE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCULOFASCIAL LENGTHENING TECHNIQUE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULNAR NERVE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0038124271     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200307000-00018     Document Type: Article

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