Hypothenar hammer syndrome from ice hockey stick-handling

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1183.e5-1183.e10

  Zayed, Mohamed A ^a   McDonald, Joey ^b   Tittley, Jacques G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; ICE HOCKEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SYMPTOM; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HOCKEY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SYNDROME; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 84885982907     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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