Carpal tunnel release: Using a short vertical incision above the flexor crease of the wrist

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 401-404

  Dayican, Avni ^a,b   Unal, Vuslat Sema ^a   Portakal, Suleyman ^a   Utkan, Ali ^a   Tumoz, Mehmet Ali ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve entrapment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10944222223     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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