Incidence, management, and prognosis of early ulnar nerve dysfunction in type C fractures of distal humerus

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1397-1401

  Ruan, Hong Jiang ^a   Liu, Jun Jian ^a   Fan, Cun Yi ^a   Jiang, Jia ^a   Zeng, Bing Fang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior subfascial transposition; Distal humerus fracture; Operative treatment; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 73949095400     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181968176     Document Type: Article

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