Use of sonography in carpal tunnel syndrome surgery - A prospective study

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Çolak, Ahmet ^a   Kutlay, Murat ^a   Pekkafali, Zekai ^a   Saraçoglu, Mehmet ^a   Demircan, Nusret ^a   Şimşek, Hakan ^a   Akin, Osman N ^a   Kibici, Kenan ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Outcome; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947699934     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.109     Document Type: Article

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