Time course and predictors of median nerve conduction after carpal tunnel release

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-372

  Rotman, Mitcheil B ^a   Enkvetchakul, Bobby V ^a   Megerian, J Thomas ^a,b   Gozani, Shai N ^a  

^a NEUROMetrix Inc ^*

^b NeuroMetrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve; Nerve conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2442716393     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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