Minimally invasive carpal tunnel surgery in leprosy

Objective: Evaluate carpal tunnel release in leprosy. Methods: The authors operated upon 60 patients with median nerve involvement by leprosy between February 2008 and February 2012. The outpatients were under local anesthesia submitted to carpal tunnel release. Results: All the patients showed post...

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Main Authors: José Marcos Pondé, Clarissa Ramos, Lazaro Santos, João Pedro Magalhaes, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-03-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1626198