Submuscular transposition of the ulnar nerve: Review of safety, efficacy and correlation with neurophysiological outcome

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 524-528

  Davis, Gavin A ^a   Bulluss, Kristian J ^b  

^a CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior transposition; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE SUBMUSCULAR TRANSPOSITION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 22944470193     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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