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. 2007 May;119(6):1977-1978.

doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259769.60177.50.

Major nerve injuries associated with carpal tunnel release

Kodi K Azari¹, Alexander M Spiess, Glenn A Buterbaugh, Joseph E Imbriglia

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¹ Department of General Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Azari) Department of General Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. (Spiess) Department of Orthopedics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., Hand and UpperEx Center, Wexford, Pa. (Buterbaugh, Imbriglia).

PMID: 17440411
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259769.60177.50

Major nerve injuries associated with carpal tunnel release

Kodi K Azari et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 May.

. 2007 May;119(6):1977-1978.

doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259769.60177.50.

Authors

Kodi K Azari¹, Alexander M Spiess, Glenn A Buterbaugh, Joseph E Imbriglia

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Azari) Department of General Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. (Spiess) Department of Orthopedics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., Hand and UpperEx Center, Wexford, Pa. (Buterbaugh, Imbriglia).

PMID: 17440411
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259769.60177.50

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Open carpal tunnel release: do not take it casually.
Malaviya GN. Malaviya GN. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 May;121(5):1862-1863. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31816b153e. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008. PMID: 18454024 No abstract available.

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1. Boeckstyns, M. E., and Sorensen, A. I. Does endoscopic carpal tunnel release have a higher rate of complications than open carpal tunnel release? An analysis of published series. J. Hand Surg. (Br.) 24: 9, 1999.
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