Long-term results of surgical treatment for hypothenar hammer syndrome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 210-216

  Lifchez, Scott D ^b   Higgins, James P ^a  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HAMATE BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249088611     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a805b0     Document Type: Article

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