Comparative study of surgical treatment of ulnar nerve compression at the elbow

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 513-519

  Mitsionis, Grigorios I ^a   Manoudis, Grigorios N ^a   Paschos, Nikolaos K ^a   Korompilias, Anastasios V ^a   Beris, Alexandros E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

clinical outcome; Cubital tunnel syndrome; efficiency; in situ decompression; partial epicondylectomy and anterior subcutaneous transposition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EPICONDYLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952112063     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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