Carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis and treatment: A survey of members of the American society for surgery of the hand

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2181-2187.e4

  Lane, Lewis B ^a,b,c   Starecki, Mikael ^a,b,c   Olson, Ashley ^a,b,c   Kohn, Nina ^a,b,c  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; clinical practice guideline; cortisone injection; electrodiagnostic testing; survey

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; E-MAIL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORTISONE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908264365     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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2. M.W. Keith, V. Masear, and P. Amadio AAOS Clinical Practice Guideline Summary J Am Acad Orthop Surg 17 6 2009 397 405
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4. American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Letter to CM Turkelson, PhD, and Robert H Haralson III, MD, MB. June 2, 2009. Available at: http://admin.assh.org/Professionals/AboutASSH/GovernanceAdministration/Council/Documents/CTS%20Guidelines%20060209.pdf?Mobile=1&Source=%2FProfessionals%2FAboutASSH%2FGovernanceAdministration%2FCouncil%2F-layouts%2Fmobile%2Fview.aspx%3FList%3D9412f05a-ca6a-40ac-96eb-55a75dfb3439%26View%3D32256dd0-ba62-4470-8d47-f717ba6dbf7c%26CurrentPage%3D1. Accessed September 5, 2014.