Endoscopic carpal tunnel release using the biportal technique

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-152

  Kahraman, Serdar ^a   Kafadar, Ali ^b   Akbörü, Murat ^c   Atabey, Cem ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Etimesgut Air Force Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SOLDIER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THENAR; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 32144455228     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.2.150     Document Type: Article

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