Clinical Features of Wrist Drop Caused by Compressive Radial Neuropathy and Its Anatomical Considerations
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Clinical Features of Wrist Drop Caused by Compressive Radial Neuropathy and Its Anatomical Considerations
OBJECTIVE Posture-induced radial neuropathy, known as Saturday night palsy, occurs because of compression of the radial nerve. The clinical symptoms of radial neuropathy are similar to stroke or a herniated cervical disk, which makes it difficult to diagnose and sometimes leads to inappropriate evaluations. The purpose of our study was to establish the clinical characteristics and diagnostic as...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2005-3711,1598-7876
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2014.55.3.148