Two-portal endoscopic carpal tunnel release: An outcome analysis of 333 hands

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 542-548

  Davies, Brian W ^a,c   Pennington, Gary A ^a   Fritz, Aaron M ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Doctors' Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031950361     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199805000-00019     Document Type: Article

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