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Metacarpal Small Incision for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Published on: April 5, 2024
[Rupture by attrition of the median nerve found during a carpal tunnel release procedure]
1Service de chirurgie de la main et chirurgie reconstructrice des membres, hôpital de la Conception, 147, boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille, France.
Abstract:
We report the finding of a subtotal rupture of the median nerve caused by a "bridge" or"easel" erosion due to a sequela of childhood wrist fracture. This unpublished observation was made during a carpal tunnel release procedure on an 80-year-old patient who was operated on for recurrence of a severe carpal tunnel syndrome 30 years after a previous neurolysis. If the flexor tendon ruptures are widely described, as well as nerve sections following high energy trauma, the median nerve rupture caused by its erosion over a bony projection has never been published at the best of our knowledge.
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