Surgical treatment of the carpal tunnel syndrome: Endoscopic or classical (open) surgery? A prospective randomised study;Operatieve behandeling wegens carpaletunnelsyndroom: Endoscopisch of klassiek (open)? Een prospectief gerandomiseerd onderzoek

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 141, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 878-882

  Hoefnagels, W A J ^a   Van Kleef, J G F ^a   Cmastenbroek, G G A ^a   De Blok, J A ^a   Breukelman, A J ^a   De Krom, M C T F M ^b  

^a Ziekenhuis Zeeuws Vlaanderen   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0030980292     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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