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Volar Wrist Ganglia Cured by Carpal Tunnel Decompression

From the Middlesex Hospital, London

Correspondence: Justin Cobb, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, 45–51 Bolsover Street, London WIP 8AQ.

Three patients are described, each of whom had both carpal tunnel syndrome and a volar wrist ganglion. Carpal tunnel decompression caused resolution of the ganglion. This suggests that both disorders may be caused by the same pressure phenomenon.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 15, No. 3, 347-348 (1990)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(90)90016-W


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