Endoscopic Versus Open Carpal Tunnel Release

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Vasiliadis, Haris S ^a,b   Xenakis, Theodoros A ^a   Mitsionis, Grigorios ^a   Paschos, Nikolaos ^a   Georgoulis, Anastasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72649085664     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.06.027     Document Type: Article

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