Single-portal endoscopic carpal tunnel release: Agee carpal tunnel release system

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 286-291

  Elmaraghy, Mohamed W ^a,b   Hurst, Lawrence N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029869724     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199603000-00010     Document Type: Article

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