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The Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome: Seventeen Years’ Experience in Diagnosis and Treatment of Six Hundred Fifty-Four Hands

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Macclesfield District General Hospital, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

    Jochen Fischer MB, BCH, BAO, FRCS (Tr and Orth)

  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

    Neville W. Thompson MB, BCH, BAO, FRCS (Tr and Orth)

  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK

    John W. K. Harrison FRCS (Ed), MFSEM (UK)

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    Paul A. Banaszkiewicz

  2. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, United Kingdom

    Deiary F. Kader

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Fischer, J., Thompson, N.W., Harrison, J.W.K. (2014). The Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome: Seventeen Years’ Experience in Diagnosis and Treatment of Six Hundred Fifty-Four Hands. In: Banaszkiewicz, P., Kader, D. (eds) Classic Papers in Orthopaedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5451-8_84

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