Simple decompression or anterior subcutaneous transposition for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: A cost-minimization analysis - Part 2

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 531-535

  Bartels, Ronald H M A ^a   Termeer, Evelien H ^a   Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^a   Van Rossum, Leo G M ^a   Meulstee, Jan ^b   Verhagen, Wim I M ^b   Grotenhuis, J André ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Surgery; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANTERIOR SUBCUTANEOUS TRANSPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELBOW; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 14644401060     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000154132.40212.6E     Document Type: Article

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