Carpal tunnel syndrome from a thrombosed median artery four case reports and review of the literature;Karpaltunnelsyndrom auf grund einer arteria mediana thrombose vier fallbeispiele und literaturzusammenfassung

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Dutly Guinand, M ^a   Muller M ^a   Bleuler, P ^b   Steiger, R ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b Handchirurgie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acute carpal tunnel syndrome; persistent median artery; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; WRIST;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349768941     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202839     Document Type: Article

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