Single-Incision Extensile Volar Approach to the Distal Radius and Concurrent Carpal Tunnel Release: Cadaveric Study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Pensy, Raymond A ^a   Brunton, Lance M ^a   Parks, Brent G ^a   Higgins, James P ^a   Chhabra, A Bobby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; distal radius; exposure; FCR approach; transverse carpal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE SURGERY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIGAMENT; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDON INJURY; TRANSVERSE CARPAL LIGAMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; PRESSURE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 75149176669     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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