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Metacarpal Small Incision for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Published on: April 5, 2024
A history of carpal tunnel syndrome
N S Wardle1, N Pourgiezis, N Ashwood
1Department of Orthopaedics, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nethermayne, Essex.
Abstract:
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the commonest entrapment neuropathy seen in clinical practice. The history of its aetiology and diagnosis gives an interesting insight into how the condition has evolved to also become the best understood neuropathy.
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