Abnormalities of the hook of the hamate in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-46

  Richards, Robert S ^a,b   Bennett, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0030791055     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199707000-00007     Document Type: Article

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