A controlled clinical trial of postoperative hand elevation at home following day-case surgery

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 458-460

  Fagan, Dan J ^a   Evans, A ^a   Ghandour, A ^a   Prabhkaran, P ^a   Clay, N R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Carpel tunnel decompression; Postoperative elevation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTURE;

EID: 4444338349     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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