Comparison of the long-term results of anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve or simple decompression in the treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome-a prospective study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Keiner, Dörthe ^a   Gaab, Michael R ^b   Schroeder, Henry W S ^c   Oertel, Joachim ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior submuscular transposition; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Peripheral nerve compression syndromes; Simple decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OPERATION DURATION; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NERVE TRANSFER; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349275607     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0218-4     Document Type: Article

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