Carpal tunnel release through a limited skin incision under direct visualization using a new instrument, the carposcope

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-320

  Lee, Hans ^a,b   Jackson, Ted A ^a  

^a CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029937204     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199608000-00016     Document Type: Article

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