Five-Year Follow-Up of Carpal Tunnel Release in Patients Over Age 65

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-211

  Weber, Robert A ^a   DeSalvo, Daniel J ^a   Rude, Malcolm J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; patients over age 65

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE SURGERY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149163272     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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