Anatomical variations as potential risk factors for ulnar tunnel syndrome: A cadaveric study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 274-280

  Bozkurt, M Cem ^a,e   Taǧil, Süleyman Murat ^b   Özçakar, Levent ^c   Ersoy, Mehmet ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^d  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accessory muscles; Fibrous arch; Guyen's canal syndrome; Piso hamate hiatus; Ulnar tunnel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULNAR NERVE;

CADAVER; FEMALE; HAND; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 17844361902     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20107     Document Type: Article

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