Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-163

  Palmer, Bradley A ^a   Hughes, Thomas B ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; nerve compression; nerve transposition; ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINT; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ALGORITHMS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NERVE TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 72449143238     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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