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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2007
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common compressive neuropathy of the upper extremity. As a result of median nerve compression, the patient reports pain, weakness, and paresthesias in the hand and digits. The etiology of this condition is multifactorial; anatomic, systemic, and occupational factors have all been implicated.
Jason Y. Ho   +3 more
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2010
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common compressive neuropathy in the upper extremity. The condition is responsible for substantial annual costs to society, both in terms of lost productivity and the costs of treatment. Accurate diagnostic criteria, the selection of treatment strategies based on high-level evidence, and outcomes data have been ...
Musa Aner, Brian Jakubowicz
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Carpal tunnel syndrome.

Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain, 2011
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common disorder. In the majority of cases, patients with CTS can be diagnosed by means of appropriate history taking. Nerve conduction examination of the nervus medianus is the most important additional diagnostic test and is the best predictor of symptom severity and functional status in idiopathic CTS.
Arno Lataster   +6 more
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Carpal tunnel syndrome

Surgical Neurology, 1997
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Fernandez Marquez, Eduardo Marcos   +4 more
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome [PDF]

open access: possibleSeminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2013
Ultrasound (US) of the carpal tunnel adds value to the usual electrophysiology diagnosis by confirming doubtful results or evaluating patients who do not improve after surgery. US sometimes provides the surgeon or the referring physician with important information about normal variants or common or even rare causes of the nerve compression. The size of
Wafa Derbali, Philippe Peetrons
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 2009
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a very common peripheral neuropathy; however, its symptoms are such that they are often overlooked by patients or misdiagnosed by their primary care physicians or nurse practitioners, leading to progression of the condition so severe that sometimes even surgical options will be of little benefit.
Scanlon, Andrew., Maffei, Jennifer.
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The carpal tunnel

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2005
The carpal bones are deeply convex anteriorly. This bony gutter is converted by the flexor retinaculum into a tube – the carpal tunnel, which conveys the median nerve, together with the long flexor tendons of the fingers and thumb, into the hand. It is of special interest to the surgeon because it is the site of a common nerve entrapment, the carpal ...
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