Dual-portal endoscopic release of the transverse ligament in carpal tunnel syndrome: Results of 411 procedures with special reference to technique, efficacy, and complications

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-339

  Oertel, Joachim ^a   Schroeder, Henry W S ^b   Gaab, Michael R ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Chow dual portal technique; Endoscopic technique; Peripheral nerve compression syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL JOINTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIGAMENTS; LIGHTING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748294238     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223500.25131.99     Document Type: Article

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