MRI of the median nerve and median artery in the carpal tunnel: Prevalence of their anatomical variations and clinical significance

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-322

  Pierre Jerome, Claude ^a   Smitson Jr , Robert D ^a   Shah, Raj K ^b   Moncayo, Valeria ^a   Abdelnoor, Michael ^c   Terk, Michael R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Median artery; Median nerve; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL CANAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN ARTERY; MEDIAN NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WRIST; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEX RATIO; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953953890     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0600-1     Document Type: Article

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