Does the ulnar nerve enlarge after surgical transposition?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1647-1652

  Vosbikian, Michael M ^a   Tarity, T David ^a   Nazarian, Levon N ^b   Ilyas, Asif M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Failed ulnar nerve transposition; Musculoskeletal ultrasound; Sonography; Ulnar neuropathy

Indexed keywords

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONTROL GROUPS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; REFERENCE RANGE; SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; TUNNEL SYNDROMES; ULNAR NERVES; ULNAR NEUROPATHY;

SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907210611     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.9.1647     Document Type: Article

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