Recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome. Clinical testing indicating incomplete section of the flexor retinaculum.
Based on five observations of recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome, a distally incomplete section of the flexor retinaculum can be identified on clinical grounds: the wrist flexion test becomes negative and the tourniquet test still remains positive.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University Hospital, K. U. Leuven, Belgium.
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D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000601:surgery; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010147:Pain Measurement; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014953:Wrist