Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature

Open carpal tunnel release is the commonest surgical treatment of median nerve compression at the wrist. Although successful in most cases, there are well described complications. We report a case of laceration of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve at the level of the hook of hamate following...

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Autores principales: Yoong, P., Fattah, A., Flemming, A. S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753207
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.41117
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description Open carpal tunnel release is the commonest surgical treatment of median nerve compression at the wrist. Although successful in most cases, there are well described complications. We report a case of laceration of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve at the level of the hook of hamate following a complicated carpal tunnel decompression. Good surgical technique and knowledge of wrist anatomy are essential for performing this apparently simple procedure safely.
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spelling pubmed-27395532009-09-14 Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature Yoong, P. Fattah, A. Flemming, A. S. Indian J Plast Surg Case Report Open carpal tunnel release is the commonest surgical treatment of median nerve compression at the wrist. Although successful in most cases, there are well described complications. We report a case of laceration of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve at the level of the hook of hamate following a complicated carpal tunnel decompression. Good surgical technique and knowledge of wrist anatomy are essential for performing this apparently simple procedure safely. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2739553/ /pubmed/19753207 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.41117 Text en © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature
title Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature
title_full Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature
title_short Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature
title_sort ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753207
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.41117
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