Clinical results versus subjective improvement with anterior transposition in cubital tunnel syndrome

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 996-1005

  Köse, Kamil Çagri ^a,g   Bilgin, Sinan ^b   Cebesoy, Oguz ^c   Altinel, Levent ^a   Akan, Burak ^d   Guner, Dervis ^b   Doganay, Beyza ^e   Adiyaman, Sinan ^f   Demirtas, Mehmet ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Hand Surgery Center   (Turkey)

^c GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology   (Turkey)

^e Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery ^*

^f Orthopedic Surgery   (Turkey)

^g AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical result; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Intramuscular transposition; Subcutaneous transposition; Submuscular transposition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 37249000388     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02877704     Document Type: Article

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