Risk factors predicting revision surgery after medial epicondylectomy for primary cubital tunnel syndrome

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 681-687

  Gaspar, Michael P ^a,b   Jacoby, Sidney M ^a,b   Osterman, A Lee ^a,b   Kane, Patrick M ^a,b  

^a Philadelphia Hand Center   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; Medial epicondylectomy; Recurrence; Revision surgery; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RESECTION; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC BONE FORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL EPICONDYLECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SURGERY; PERINEURAL SCARRING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELBOW; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMERUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULNAR NERVE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960498542     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2015.10.024     Document Type: Article

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