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Carpal tunnel ultrasound is not a very popular examination by orthopedists with regard to the number of patients affected: approximately 600,000 patients are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome each year, and 130,000 are operated on.
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Apard, T. (2022). Ultrasound of the Carpal Tunnel. In: Apard, T., Brasseur, J.L. (eds) Ultrasonography for the Upper Limb Surgeon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84234-5_14
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