Ultrasonographically checking the sectioning of the transverse carpal ligament during carpal tunnel surgery with limited uni skin incisions

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-223

  Aydin, Keramettin ^a   Cokluk, Cengiz ^a   Pişkin, Ahmet ^a   Kocabicak, Ersoy ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel surgery; Intraoperative ultrasonography; Uni skin incision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MEDIAN NERVE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MEDIAN NERVE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 41749103392     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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