Cubital Tunnel Syndrome-Surgical Treatment Techniques

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Tang, Peter ^a   Nellans, Kate W ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

cubital tunnel syndrome; ulnar nerve compression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC DECOMPRESSION; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR TRANSPOSITION; MEDIAL EPICONDYLECTOMY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS TRANSPOSITION; SUBMUSCULAR TRANSPOSITION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 71649115818     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.oto.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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