A reliable technique for avoiding the median nerve during carpal tunnel injections

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-79

  Dubert, Thierry ^a   Racasan, Otilia ^a  

^a Clinique la Francilienne   (France)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Flexor carpi radialis; Glucocorticoid injection; Palmaris longus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; CARPAL JOINTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 32044475159     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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