Major nerve injuries associated with carpal tunnel release [28]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1977-1978

  Azari, Kodi K ^a   Spiess, Alexander M ^b,d   Buterbaugh, Glenn A ^a,c   Imbriglia, Joseph E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hand and UpperEx Center   (United States)

^d Hand and UpperEx Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 34247345844     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259769.60177.50     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Boeckstyns, M. E., and Sorensen, A. I. Does endoscopic carpal tunnel release have a higher rate of complications than open carpal tunnel release? An analysis of published series. J. Hand Surg. (Br.) 24: 9, 1999.
2. Palmer, A. K., and Toivonen, D. A. Complications of endoscopic and open carpal tunnel release. J. Hand Surg. (Am.) 24: 561, 1999.