Median nerve damage during two-portal endoscopic carpal tunnel release

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-63

  Uchiyama, Shigeharu ^a   Yasutomi, Takashi ^b   Fukuzawa, Takashi ^c   Nakagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Kamimura, Mikio ^a   Miyasaka, Tadaatsu ^a  

^a Suwa Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^c Shiojiri Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; ECTR; Injury; Median nerve; OCTR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0347360131     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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