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Surgical efficacy of carpal tunnel release for carpal tunnel syndrome in acromegaly: report of four patients.

Iwasaki N, Masuko T, Ishikawa J, Minami A

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. niwasaki@med.hokudai.ac.jp

Although carpal tunnel syndrome is frequent in acromegaly, few acromegalics will be encountered by most hand surgeons. This paper considers the treatment of four cases of acromegaly in whom carpal tunnel syndrome arose, to discuss aspects of management of carpal tunnel syndrome in this patient group.

Published 28 October 2005 in J Hand Surg [Br], 30(6): 605-6.
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