Median nerve compression can be detected by magnetic resonance imaging of the carpal tunnel

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-83

  Horch, Raymund E ^a   Allmann, Karl Heinz ^b   Laubenberger, Jörg ^b   Langer, Mathias ^b   Bjorn Stark G ^b  

^a Department of Plastic and Handsurgery ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Decompression; Follow up; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030959651     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199707000-00016     Document Type: Article

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