Subperiosteal elevation of the ulnar nerve during internal fixation for fractures of the distal humerus assessed by intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-226

  Krkovic M ^a   Kordas M ^b   Tonin, M ^a   Bošnjak, Roman ^a  

^a University Hospital Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE FUNCTION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33244497170     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B2.16966     Document Type: Article

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