Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 502-507 , July 2007

Anatomic considerations regarding the posterior interosseous nerve at the elbow

  • Jeffrey N. Lawton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jeffrey N. Lawton, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, A40, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195.
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  • Michelle Cameron-Donaldson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Livingston Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Institute, Livingston, MT
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  • Philip E. Blazar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • J. Russell Moore, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Curtis National Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

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 Performed at The Curtis National Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital. Supported by a grant from the Raymond Curtis Research Fund.

PII: S1058-2746(06)00290-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.09.004

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 502-507 , July 2007