Bilateral ulnar nerve palsies: An unusual complication of posturing after macular hole surgery [13]

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-97

  Salam, Aysha ^a   Harrington, P ^a   Raj, A ^a   Babar, A ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0842302557     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700515     Document Type: Letter

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