Limited value of ultrasound assessment in patients with poor outcome after carpal tunnel release surgery

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 409-412

  Naranjo, A ^a   Ojeda, S ^a   Rua Figueroa I ^a   Garcia Duque, O ^a   Fernndez Palacios, J ^a   Carmona, L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACIÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARPAL JOINT; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CARPAL JOINTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957942647     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009741003685632     Document Type: Article

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