Redefining the "Arcade of Struthers"

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1018-1021

  Von Schroeder, Herbert P ^a   Scheker, Luis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHRISTINE M KLEINERT INSTITUTE FOR HAND AND MICROSURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Arcade of Struthers; Compressive neuropathy; Entrapment; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0344873156     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-5023(03)00421-0     Document Type: Article

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