Carpal tunnel syndrome: Comparison of intraoperative structural changes with clinical and electrodiagnostic severity

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1136-1142

  Tuncali, Dogan ^a,b   Barutcu, A Yuksel ^a   Terzioglu, A ^a   Aslan, G ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Internal neurolysis; Morphology; Severity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EDEMA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HAND; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28244432840     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: 14653087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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