Avoiding Iatrogenic Nerve Injury in Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Kretschmer, Thomas ^a   Antoniadis, Gregor ^a   Richter, Hans Peter ^a   König, Ralph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; Endoscopic; Iatrogenic; Injury; Nerve

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDIAN NERVE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION;

EID: 57049089977     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.07.023     Document Type: Review

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