MRI demonstration of intra-articular median nerve entrapment after elbow dislocation

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 537-541

  Akansel, Gur ^a   Dalbayrak, Sedat ^b   Yilmaz, Mesut ^b   Bekler, Halil ^c   Arslan, Arzu ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kartal State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Private Umut Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elbow; Entrapment; Medican nerve; MRI; Posterior dislocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 0141743619     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0667-4     Document Type: Article

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