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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Wheeless (Visit this link)
- median nerve compression syndrome at the wrist;
- most common form of nerve entrapment;
- first described by Paget;
- references: The First Description of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. James Paget FRS
- pathophysiology:
- nerve compression may result in ischemia, focal demyelination, decrease in axonal caliber, and finally axonal loss;
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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