Comparison of the results of open carpal tunnel release and KnifeLight® carpal tunnel release

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1131-1135

  Yeo, Khee Quan ^a   Yeo, E M N ^b  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; KnifeLight ; Minimal access surgery; Nerve conduction changes; Office surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE CONDUCTION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449085518     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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