A history of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the commonest entrapment neuropathy seen in clinical practice. The history of its aetiology and diagnosis gives an interesting insight into how the condition has evolved to also become the best understood neuropathy.
Department of Orthopaedics, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nethermayne, Essex.
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D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007103:Immobilization / Q000379:methods; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000601:surgery