Aberrant course of a communicating branch of the ulnar nerve to the median nerve contributing to hypothenar hammer syndrome

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 686-687

  Richards, Winston T ^a   Bullocks, Jamal M ^a   Norris III, Morgan E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant lunar nerve; Aberrant median nerve; Hypothenar hammer syndrome; Ulnar artery thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SYNDROME; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 34249283437     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000244976.27443.ed     Document Type: Article

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