Hand problems among endourologists

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1915-1920

  Healy, Kelly A ^a   Pak, Raymond W ^b   Cleary, Ryan C ^a   Colon Herdman, Arturo ^c   Bagley, Demetrius H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Urology   (United States)

^c Instituto HIMA San Pablo   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; E-MAIL; ENDOUROLOGIST; ENDOUROLOGY; GANGLION CYST; HAND ARTHRITIS; HAND DISEASE; HAND PAIN; HAND PARESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TENNIS ELBOW; TRIGGER FINGER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY; WRIST DISEASE;

HAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PLIABILITY; URETEROSCOPES; UROLOGY;

EID: 82455163665     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0128     Document Type: Article

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