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Anatomical landmarks for safer carpal tunnel decompression: an experimental cadaveric study

BACKGROUND: Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common presentation to surgical outpatient clinics. Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome involves surgical division of the flexor retinaculum. Palmar and recurrent branches of the median nerve as well as the superficial palmar arch are at risk of damage. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Samarakoon, Lasitha B, Guruge, Malith H, Jayasekara, Madusha, Malalasekera, Ajith P, Anthony, Dimonge J, Jayasekara, Rohan W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24533680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-8-8