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Justin Yousef1, Patrick Chan1, Richard Rahdon2
11 Surgical Registrar, University Hospital, Australia.
The Journal of Hand Surgery Asian-Pacific Volume
|July 26, 2016
Abstract:
Open carpal tunnel decompression is a common procedure with potential long-term complications such as scar tenderness, pillar pain and neuroma. We present the case of a 65 year-old male with chronic lipomatous hypertrophy of the wrist and chronic flexor tenosynovitis after open carpal tunnel release for its rarity and severity of symptoms that required further surgery.
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