Anterior transposition compared with simple decompression for treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome: A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89 A, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2591-2598

  Zlowodzki, Michael ^a   Chan, Simon ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Kalliainen, Loree ^a   Schubert, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; ELBOW; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSPOSITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 36849003322     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00183     Document Type: Article

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