Treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: Cost-utility analysis

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1617-1629.e3

  Song, Jae W ^a,b   Chung, Kevin C ^a,b   Prosser, Lisa A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior transposition; cost utility analysis; medial epicondylectomy; simple decompression; ulnar neuropathy at the elbow

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SUBCUTANEOUS TRANSPOSITION; ANTERIOR SUBMUSCULAR TRANSPOSITION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELBOW; EMBASE; EPICONDYLECTOMY; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; MEDLINE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84864258989     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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