Endoscopic carpal tunnel release in the elderly

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 216-219

  Nagaoka, Masahiro ^a   Nagao, S ^a   Matsuzaki, H ^a  

^a SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Elderly patients; Endoscopic carpal tunnel release; Entrapment neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; CARPAL JOINTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SENSATION DISORDERS; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750218632     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947999     Document Type: Article

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