What's New in Common Upper Extremity Entrapment Neuropathies

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-581

  Toussaint, Charles P ^a   Zager, Eric L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel (median nerve); Cubital tunnel (ulnar nerve); Endoscopic surgery; Entrapment neuropathies; MR neurography; Radial nerve; Suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RADIAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; REVIEW; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE NEUROPATHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 55749110876     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.07.031     Document Type: Review

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