Percutaneous Carpal Tunnel Release Compared With Mini-Open Release Using Ultrasonographic Guidance for Both Techniques

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-445

  Nakamichi, Ken ichi ^a   Tachibana, Shintaro ^a   Yamamoto, Seizo ^a   Ida, Masayoshi ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; carpal tunnel syndrome; mini open technique; minimally invasive surgery; percutaneous technique; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND STRENGTH; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI OPEN CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SKIN SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77249109317     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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