The operative treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: A comparison of long versus short incisions versus endoscopic release;DIE OPERATIVE BEHANDLUNG DES KARPALTUNNELSYNDROMS: EIN VERGLEICH ZWISCHEN LANGER UND KURZER SCHNITTFUHRUNG SOWIE ENDOSKOPISCHER SPALTUNG

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-166

  Richter, M ^a,b   Bruser P ^a,b  

^a Aus Abteilung Hand Plastische/W   (Germany)

^b Malteser Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

carpal tunnel syndrome; effect of incision length; median nerve; nerve compression syndromes; open versus endoscopic release

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0029951440     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Agee, J. M., H. K. McCarroll, R D. Tortosa, D. A. Berry, R. M. Szabo, and C. A. Peimer: Endoscopic Release of the Carpal Tunnel: A Randomized Prospective Multicenter Study. J Hand Surg. 17 A (1992) 987-995
2. Arner, M., L. Hagberg, and B. Rosen: Sensory Disturbance After Two-portal Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release: A Preliminary Report J. Hand Surg. 19 A (1994) 548-551
3. Bande, S., L. de Smet, and G. Fabry: The Results of Carpal Tunnel Release: Open Versus Endoscopic Technique J Hand Surg. 19 B (1994) 14-17
4. Biyani, A., and E. M. Downes: An Open Twin Incision Technique of Carpal Tunnel Decompression with Reduced Incidence of Scar Tenderness. J. Hand Surg. 18 B (1993) 331-334
5. Bromley, G. S.: Minimal-incision Open Carpal Tunnel Decompression J. Hand Surg 19 A (1994) 119-120
6. Brown, R. A., R. H. Gelberman, J. G. Seiler, S.-O. Abrahamsson, A. J. Weiland, J. R. Urbaniak, D. A. Schoenfeld, and D. Furcolo: Carpal Tunnel Release: A Prospective, Randomized Assessment of Open and Endoscopic Methods. J. Bone Jt Surg 75 A (1993) 1265-1275
7. Chow, J. C. Y.: The Chow Technique of Endoscopic Release of the Carpal Ligament for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Four Years of Clinical Results. Arthroscopy 9 (1993) 301-314
8. De Smel, and G. Fabry: Transection of the Motor Branch of the Ulnar Nerve as a Complication of Two-portal Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release: A Case Report. J. Hand Surg. 20 A (1995) 18-19
9. Dumontier, C., C. Sokolow, C. Leclercq, and P. Chauvin: Early Results of Conventional Versus Two portal Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release. A Prospective Study. J. Hand Surg. 20 B (1995) 658-662
10. Eversmann, W. W: Entrapment and Compression Neuropathies. In: Green, D. P. (Ed). Operative Hand Surgery. 3rd edn. Churchill Livingstone. New York - Edinburgh 1993 (Ch. 36, S. 1341-1385)
11. Kelly, C. P., D. Pulisetti, and A. M. Jamieson: Early Experience with Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release. J Hand Surg. 19 B (1994) 18-21
12. Murphy, R. X., J. F. Jennings, and D. K. Wukich: Major Neurovascular Complications of Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release J Hand Surg. 19 A (1994) 114-118
13. Nath, R. K., S. E. Mackinnon, and P. M. Weeks: Ulnar Nerve Transection as a Complication of Two-portal Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release: A Case Report. J. Hand Surg. 18 A (1993) 896-898
14. Nathan, P. A., K. D. Meadows, and R. C. Keniston: Rehabilitation of Carpal Tunnel Surgery Patients Using a Short Surgical Incision and an Early Program of Physical Therapy. J. Hand Surg. 18 A (1993) 1044-1050
15. Shinya, K., M. Lanzella, and B. Conolly: Risk and Complications in Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release. J. Hand Surg 20 B (1995) 222-227
16. Van Heest, A., P. Waters, B. Simmons, and J. T. Schwartz: A Cadaveric Study of the Single-portal Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release J. Hand Surg. 20 A (1995) 363-366