Operative treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1239-1245

  Okutsu, Ichiro ^a  

^a Okutsu Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Endoscopic carpal tunnel release; Evidence based medicine; Operative treatment; USE system

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MEDIAN NERVE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THENAR; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST FRACTURE;

ARTHROSCOPY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE;

EID: 36348996523     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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