Decompression without anterior transposition: An effective minimally invasive technique for cubital tunnel syndrome

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-123

  Pavelka, Michaela ^a,b   Rhomberg, M ^a   Estermann, D ^a   Loscher W N ^b   Piza Katzer, H ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; Decompression; Elbow; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EPINEURIOTOMY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142774218     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818453     Document Type: Article

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