Measurement of carpal canal and median nerve pressure in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-128

  Okutsu, Ichiro ^a   Ninomiya, Setsuo ^a   Yoshida, Aya ^a   Hamanaka, Ikki ^a   Kitajima, Izuru ^a  

^a Okutsu Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal canal Pressure; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Continuous infusion technique; Endoscopic surgery; Intraneural pressure; Median nerve; Okutsu test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSCOPE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3042632238     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000127362.60294.92     Document Type: Article

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