Anatomical relationships among the median nerve thenar branch, superficial palmar arch, and transverse carpal ligament

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 713-718

  Sacks, Justin M ^b   Kuo, Yur Ren ^b   Mclean, Kia ^b   Wollstein, Ronit ^b   Lee, W P Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAND PALM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL PALMAR ARCH; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSVERSE CARPAL LIGAMENT;

CADAVER; HAND; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MEDIAN NERVE;

EID: 34547918324     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000270305.37677.e7     Document Type: Article

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