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August 12, 2013
Definitive Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Anyone considering undergoing definitive carpal tunnel release surgery would be well advised to read the article: Touch Allodynia Following Endoscopic or Open Decompression for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Povlsen, Tegnell, Revell and Adolfsson published in The Journal of Hand Surgery, British 1997, volume 22B pp…
August 5, 2013
Annotated Bibliography I have a huge reference list of good articles regarding all aspects of nerve entrapment, in particular carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome. If you are looking for a very specific topic, perhaps you can ask the question and I can give you the answer and provide some appropriate…
July 29, 2013
Should ultrasound be the diagnostic test of choice or used interchangeably with nerve conduction studies in the diagnosis of CTS? Ultrasound has been a tool in search of business as far as I can discern. The only nerve in the body where the ultrasound has seemingly been useful for a…
July 22, 2013
Golf Cart Driving Injuries May Increase Your Handicap I have experienced poor driving behavior by my 16-year-old son with a golf cart- I was thrown out and the cart wheel hit my ankle. Another time we were mired in mud off the path. A four-year study from the University of…
July 15, 2013
Are You a Golfer with Shoulder Pain? By Dr. Dolf R. Ichtertz, Nebraska Hand & Shoulder Institute I frequently treat golfers having difficulty with shoulder pain. In my last blog I wrote about a delay in treatment and how it affects the outcome using nerve entrapment syndromes as an example.…
