Clinical evaluation of ulnar nerve repair at wrist level

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-51

  Gurbuz, Hakan ^a   Aktas, Seref ^b   Calpur, Osman Ugur ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scar; Keloid; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; WOUND HEALING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 1342326069     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0587-8     Document Type: Article

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