Endoscopic release for carpal tunnel syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vasiliadis, Haris S ^a,b   Georgoulas, Petros ^a   Shrier, Ian ^c   Salanti, Georgia ^d   Scholten, Rob Jpm ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS SCALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; OPEN CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; OPEN SURGERY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETURN TO WORK; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903820635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008265.pub2     Document Type: Review

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