title: Pedicled fat flap coverage of the median nerve after failed carpal tunnel decompression.
abstract: We reviewed 14 patients treated with either an ulnar or a hypothenar fat flap for recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome and scar tenderness. Nine patients were satisfied and there were few complications. One patient had delayed skin healing and another developed a hypertrophic scar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, U.Z. Pellenberg, Weligerveld, 1, 3212 Lubbeek, Pellenberg, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vandeputte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D017211:Treatment Failure