Acute carpal tunnel syndrome induced by hemorrhage during acupuncture therapy

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-65

  Nishimura, Toshiko ^a,b   Hirata, Hitoshi ^a   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anticoagulation Therapy; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

LIMAPROST; LIMAPROST ALFADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HAND SWELLING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEPTIC TENOSYNOVITIS; SUTURING METHOD; SWELLING; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953413374     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2007.0604     Document Type: Article

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