Open carpal tunnel release using a 1-centimeter incision: Technique and outcomes for 104 patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1616-1622

  Klein, Richard D ^a   Kotsis, Sandra V ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPEN CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0037446154     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000057970.87632.7e     Document Type: Article

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