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Microvascular Decompression: Salient Surgical Principles and Technical Nuances
Published on: July 5, 2011
Traumatic rupture of median artery an unusual cause for acute median nerve compression
Abstract:
Previous case reports of haemorrhage into the carpal tunnel causing median nerve compression were extraneural and usually associated with a blood dyscrasia although Watson Jones reported one due to direct trauma and Hayden recorded spontaneous intraneural haemorrhage not associated with trauma. We describe a case of intraneural haemorrhage, involving the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, due to indirect trauma and not associated with a blood dyscrasia. The condition required intraneural decompression to obtain relief.
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