Consecutive versus simultaneous bilateral carpal tunnel release

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-19

  Weber, Robert A ^a   Boyer, Kara M ^b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bilateral; Carpal tunnel release; Simultaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144236825     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000139566.23908.2c     Document Type: Review

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