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Pedicled fat flap coverage of the median nerve after failed carpal tunnel decompression
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, U.Z. Pellenberg, Weligerveld, 1, 3212 Lubbeek, Pellenberg, Belgium.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|August 7, 2002
Abstract:
We reviewed 14 patients treated with either an ulnar or a hypothenar fat flap for recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome and scar tenderness. Nine patients were satisfied and there were few complications. One patient had delayed skin healing and another developed a hypertrophic scar.