The clinical anatomy of the supracondylar spur and the ligament of struthers

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 548-551

  Lordan, Jeffrey ^a,c   Rauh, Peter ^a   Spinner, Robert J ^b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve; Osteochondroma; Supracondylar process

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELBOW INJURY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NERVE COMPRESSION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSTEOPHYTE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STRUTHERS LIGAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARM BONES; ELBOW; EXOSTOSES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444492643     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20132     Document Type: Article

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