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Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

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The first carpal tunnel syndrome was described by Sir James Paget in 1854 as a median nerve compression following a fracture of the distal radius.1,2 In 1880, James Putman,3 a neurologist from Boston, described the symptoms suffered by a group of his patients. Although the term carpal tunnel syndrome was not used then, the symptoms he described would be considered classic carpal tunnel syndrome today. In 1913, Marie P. Foix4 performed an autopsy on a patient and described advanced atrophy of the thenar muscle with no history of trauma or injury to the wrist region. There was enlargement of the median nerve, which was described as a neuromata, proximal to the transverse carpal ligament. It was her opinion that the release of the transverse carpal ligament probably would have prevented the paralysis of the thenar muscles. The first surgical release of the transverse carpal ligament was described by Sir James Learmonth5 in 1933. In 1946, Cannon and Love6 reported 38 cases of tardy median nerve palsy. In 1947, W. Russell Brain, along with his colleague Dr. Marcia Wilkinson and the surgeon Dickson Wright,7 published the first paper that described the details of the clinical signs, diagnosis, and pathophysiology of spontaneous compression of the median nerve in the carpal canal. Based on their findings, Wilkinson and Wright recommend early release of the transverse carpal ligament to prevent muscle or nerve deficits.

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Chow, J.C.Y. (2001). Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release. In: Chow, J.C.Y. (eds) Advanced Arthroscopy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21541-9_35

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