Endoscopic carpal tunnel release: Report of 146 cases

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 274-277

  Brief, Rochelle ^a   Brief, L Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034265055     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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