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Carpal tunnel syndrome accompanying radial dysplasia due to thalidomide embryopathy.

Oshima Y, Okutsu I, Hamanaka I, Motomura T

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

We performed endoscopic carpal tunnel release in four hands in three patients suffering from radial dysplasia due to thalidomide embryopathy. Carpal canal pressure measurements results confirmed the diagnoses. All operations were successfully performed and resulted in no complications. Tingling sensation and sensory disturbances of the hands subsided.

Published 8 May 2006 in J Hand Surg [Br], 31(3): 342-4.
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