Predictors of surgical revision after in situ decompression of the ulnar nerve

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 634-639

  Krogue, Justin D ^a   Aleem, Alexander W ^a   Osei, Daniel A ^a   Goldfarb, Charles A ^a   Calfee, Ryan P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control design; Decompression; Failure; Level III; Surgical revision; Treatment study; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND PAIN; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULNAR NERVE; WEAKNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISLOCATION; ELBOW; FRACTURE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84925258803     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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