The position of crossing branches of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve during cubital tunnel surgery in humans

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 692-696

  Lowe III, James B ^a   Maggi, Sergio P ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11844269932     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000130966.16460.3C     Document Type: Article

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