Nerve fibre composition of the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve and clinical implications

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 791-796

  Ahcan U ^a   Arnez Z M ^a   Bajrovic F F ^b   Hvala, A ^c   Zorman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Nerve injury; Painful scaring; Proximal palm; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN NERVE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 17344382486     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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