Median Nerve Excursion during Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1155-1161

  Tuzuner, Serdar ^a   Özkaynak, Sibel ^a   Acikbas, Cem ^a   Yildirim, Aydin ^b   Huang, Jason H ^c   Zager, Eric L ^c   Friedman, Allan H ^c   Kline, David G ^c   Gruen, J Peter ^c  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Manavgat State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Endoscopic release; Median nerve; Nerve excursion; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 2342462240     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000119232.57668.98     Document Type: Article

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