Surgical approach to ulnar nerve compression at the elbow caused by the epitrochleoanconeus muscle and a prominent medial head of the triceps

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Gervasio, Olga ^a,b   Zaccone, Claudio ^a  

^a BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; Elbow; Epitrochleoanconeus; Prominent triceps; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW; EPITROCHLEOANCONEUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 45549089273     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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