The effect of carpal tunnel release on median nerve flattening and nerve conduction

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-227

  El Karabaty, H ^a   Hetzel, A ^a   Galla, T J ^a   Horch, R E ^a   Lucking C H ^a   Glocker, Franz X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Endoscopic release; Entrapment neuropathy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 21744457256     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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