Anterior subcutaneous transposition of ulnar nerve with fascial flap and complete excision of medial intermuscular septum in cubital tunnel syndrome: A prospective patient cohort

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 631-634

  Hamidreza, Aslani ^a   Saeid, Abrishami ^a   Mohammadreza, Dehghanfard ^b   Zohreh, Zaferani ^c   Mehdi, Saeidpour ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anterior subcutaneous transposition of ulnar nerve; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Dellon criteria; Fisher's exact test; Modified Bishop rating system; Ulnar nerve compression syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR SUBCUTANEOUS TRANSPOSITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INJURY; MALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 80052154471     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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