In Situ Decompression of the Ulnar Nerve at the Cubital Tunnel

Hand Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-327

  Waugh, Robert P ^a   Zlotolow, Dan A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPLINTING; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; HUMANS; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 34548237457     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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