title: The first carpal tunnel release?
abstract: Correspondence is presented recording an operation for release of the carpal tunnel performed in 1924, together with biographical note on the surgeon, Herbert Galloway.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Amadio
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history