Medial Epicondylectomy

Hand Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-337

  Osterman, A Lee ^a   Spiess, Alexander M ^a  

^a Philadelphia Hand Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSESTHESIA; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPICONDYLITIS; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDIAL EPICONDYLECTOMY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPLINTING; SUBLUXATION;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; HUMANS; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 34548361758     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.06.002     Document Type: Review

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