Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Case reports and brief review

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Ablett, Charles Timothy ^a   Hackett, Laurel A ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allen text; Digital ischemia; Hand injuries; Hypothenar hammer syndrome; Occupational; Repetitive hypothenar trauma; Ulnar artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IBUPROFEN; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; COLD SENSITIVITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SPORTS; SYNDROME; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 50049130509     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2008.775     Document Type: Review

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