Submuscular Versus Subcutaneous Anterior Ulnar Nerve Transposition: A Rat Histologic Study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1811-1814

  Lee, Steve K ^a   Sharma, Sheel ^a   Silver, Benjamin A ^a   Kleinman, George ^a   Hausman, Michael R ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; histology; nerve; rat; transposition; ulnar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR ULNAR NERVE TRANSPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CICATRIX; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 71149116164     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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