Minimally invasive carpal tunnel decompression using the KnifeLight

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2 SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Hwang, Peter Y K ^a   Ho, Chi Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve; Minimally invasive; Transverse carpal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNIFELIGHT; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALPEL; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847008026     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249249.33052.7E     Document Type: Article

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