Authors: T P Wolter U Kleiner E M Noah N Pallua
Publish Date: 2003/03/18
Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 102-104
Abstract
We present a case of carpal tunnel syndrome in the presence of a bifid median nerve The symptoms had not been relieved by two previous operations to decompress the median nerve one endoscopic and one open At the third operation the second half of the nerve was found in its own tunnel and released The literature on variations in the median nerve is reviewed Open release is indicated in recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome and where anatomical variations are suspected
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