Follow-Up After Carpal Tunnel Decompression – General Practitioner Surgery Or Hand Clinic?: A randomized prospective study

We prospectively randomized 100 patients following carpal tunnel decompression who were having a 2-week postoperative assessment and removal of stitches to either their local general practitioner (GP) or the hospital outpatient department. All patients were seen at hospital 6 weeks postoperatively f...

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Published in:Journal of hand surgery, British volume British volume, 1999-06, Vol.24 (3), p.296-297
Main Authors: ATHERTON, W. G., FARAJ, A. A., RIDDICK, A. C. P., DAVIS, T. R. C.
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Aftercare
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - surgery
Decompression, Surgical - rehabilitation
Family Practice
Humans
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
Patient Care Team
Postoperative Complications - rehabilitation
Prospective Studies
Surgical Wound Infection - etiology
Wound Healing - physiology
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