Surgical Approaches and Their Outcomes in the Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
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[Carpal tunnel syndrome & cubital tunnel syndrome].
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and cubital tunnel syndrome (Cub.TS) are the two most common entrapment syndromes. Development of several validated outcome assessments have allowed conducting large scale epidemiological studies worldwide for the last decade regarding CTS, which have been providing reliable basic information. These studies have shown that CTS is more common than had been expected. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2296-875X
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2018.00048