Bilateral endoscopic carpal tunnel releases: Simultaneous versus staged operative intervention

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 316-321

  Fehringer, Edward V ^a,b   Tiedeman, Jeffrey J ^a   Dobler, Kristyn ^a   McCarthy, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Endoscopic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036524483     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.30643     Document Type: Article

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