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Intraneural Median Nerve Pressure in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

Correspondence: Dr Ichiro Okutsu, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, 4-1-22, Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8935 Japan., E-mail: okutsu{at}mtg.biglobe.ne.jp

In order to determine whether endoscopic carpal tunnel release decompresses the median nerve, we measured the intraneural median nerve pressure pre- and postoperatively in 55 hands. The median nerve pressure was significantly reduced postoperatively.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 26, No. 2, 155-156 (2001)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2000.0534


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