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Pitfalls in Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Peripheral Nerve Lesions

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Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome is considered safe, simple, and highly successful. Some surgeons therefore proceed directly and cut the transverse carpal ligament in patients with pain and paresthesias in the hand and reserve preoperative electrophysiological investigations at most for those with questionable symptoms.

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  1. Günzburg-Ulm, Germany

    H.-P. Richter

  2. Fulda, Germany

    G. Antoniadis

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  1. Medical School Hanover, City of Hanover, Nordstadt Hospital, Haltenhoffstraße 41, 3000, Hannover 1, Germany

    M. Samii (Director of Neurosurgical Clinic) (Director of Neurosurgical Clinic)

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Richter, HP., Antoniadis, G. (1990). Pitfalls in Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. In: Samii, M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Lesions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75611-5_47

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