Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24286744›Full record

ReviewHand clinics2014

Minimal-incision in situ ulnar nerve decompression at the elbow.

Joshua M Adkinson, Kevin C Chung

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Review in Hand clinics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. Ulnar neuropathy: evaluation and management.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Joshua M AdkinsonDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Cedar Crest & I-78, P.O. Box 689, Allentown, PA 18103-4689, USA.
Kevin C Chung

Funding

A Clinical Trial for the Surgical Treatment of Elderly Distal Radius FracturesR01AR062066 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2011 to 2016
$3.8M
An Outcome Study of Rheumatoid Hand ArthroplastyR01AR047328 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2003 to 2016
$3.1M
Evidence-Based Research in Hand SurgeryK24AR053120 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHUNG, KEVIN C · 2008 to 2018
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS 2R01 AR047328-06NIAMS NIH HHS K24 AR053120NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047328NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR062066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With initiatives to decrease operative morbidity, complications, and associated costs, minimalincision techniques have found an expanding role within multiple specialties. Minimal-incision in situ open techniques for ulnar nerve release at the elbow provide adequate exposure and reproducible, satisfactory outcomes. Furthermore, there is no need for endoscopic equipment and the resultant dependence on staff adequately trained to operate and troubleshoot equipment. More robust research with a focus on complications and standard outcome measures will be required to further define the role of minimal-incision techniques. This technical modification, however, augments the increasing armamentarium of the hand surgeon.

Indexed as

ContraindicationsCubital Tunnel SyndromeDecompression, SurgicalElbow JointHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresTreatment OutcomeUlnar NerveCubital tunnel releaseCubital tunnel syndromeMinimal-incision surgeryMinimally invasive surgeryUlnar neuropathy

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PMID24286744
PMCPMC3893758

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