Open carpal tunnel release: Comparison of a long versus short incision
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Short-term results of endoscopic (Okutsu method) versus palmar incision open carpal tunnel release: a prospective randomized controlled trial.
PURPOSE The surgical techniques widely used in Japan for idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are the Okutsu method of endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ECTR) and palmar incision for open carpal tunnel release (OCTR). However, no prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared treatment outcomes between these two procedures. This RCT compared short-term outcomes between ECTR an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Plastic Surgery
سال: 1998
ISSN: 2292-5503
DOI: 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000192