Outcomes of open carpal tunnel release at a minimum of ten years

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1067-1073

  Louie, Dexter L ^a   Earp, Brandon E ^a   Collins, Jamie E ^a   Losina, Elena ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Black, Eric M ^a   Simmons, Barry P ^a   Blazar, Philip E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND PAIN; HAND PARESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LEVINE KATZ SYMPTOM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SURGERY; OPEN CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882266600     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00903     Document Type: Article

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