Subtotal medial epicondylectomy as a surgical option for treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-59

  Dinh, Paul T ^a   Gupta, Ranjan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; Medial epicondylectomy; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEVASCULARIZATION; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNAR NERVE;

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HUMERUS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 15944400622     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000154444.88187.46     Document Type: Article

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