Minimum 6-year follow-up after ulnar nerve decompression and submuscular transposition for primary entrapment

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2398-2404

  Zimmerman, Ryan M ^a,b   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a,b   González Del Pino, Juan ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Outcomes; transposition; ulnar neuropathy; vascularized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DELLON SCORE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSIBILITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUBMUSCULAR TRANSPOSITION; ULNAR NERVE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

OUTCOMES; TRANSPOSITION; ULNAR NEUROPATHY; VASCULARIZED;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84888440730     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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