Hypothenar hammer syndrome in a computer programmer: CTA diagnosis and surgical and endovascular treatment

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-512

  Abdel Gawad, Ehab A ^a,b   Bonatti, Hugo ^a   Housseini, Ahmed M ^a,c   Maged, Ismaeel M ^a,c   Morgan, Raymond F ^a   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Fibrinolysis; Hypothenar hammer syndrome; Ulnar artery

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 70350475547     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574409334346     Document Type: Article

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