Minimalist cubital tunnel treatment

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Abuelem, Tarek ^a   Ehni, Bruce Loyal ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive neuropathy; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Elbow; Entrapment neuropathy; In situ ulnar nerve release; Nerve compression syndromes; Painful scar; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INCISION; SKIN NERVE; SUBLUXATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULNAR NERVE;

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; FASCIA; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 70350679067     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338595.99259.D6     Document Type: Review

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