Fate of the ulnar nerve after operative fixation of distal humerus fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 395-399

  Vazquez, Oscar ^a   Rutgers, Marijn ^b   Ring, David C ^b   Walsh, Michael ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Distal humerus fracture; Palsy; Transposition; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; ELBOW FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955679832     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181e3e273     Document Type: Article

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