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Screening of Axonal Degeneration in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Using Ultrasonography and Nerve Conduction Studies
Published on: January 11, 2019
Carpal tunnel release under local anesthesia: evaluation of the outpatient procedure
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|November 1, 1979
Abstract:
In 100 consecutive cases of carpal tunnel release done under local anesthesia in an outpatient ambulatory care operating room, 93 had satisfactory results at 6 months without any complications. Two patients developed a neuroma of the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve, and five showed early signs of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. These complications are discussed, as well as the prevention of other complications of this procedure.

