Evidence of improvement in distal conduction of ulnar nerve sensory fibers after carpal tunnel release

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 696-700

  Mondelli, Mauro ^a,c   Ginanneschi, Federica ^b   Rossi, Alessandro ^b  

^a Local Health Unit No 7   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Servizio di EMG   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Guyon canal; Surgery; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 70349747309     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000351776.48581.A0     Document Type: Article

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