A novel endoscopic technique in treating single nerve entrapment syndromes with special attention to ulnar nerve transposition and tarsal tunnel release: Clinical application

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Krishnan, Kartik G ^a   Pinzer, Thomas ^a   Schackert, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Solitary neuropathy; Tarsal tunnel; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NERVE COMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 33745771601     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000219979.23067.5C     Document Type: Article

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