Background: Carpal tunnel release can be performed as open or endoscopic surgery. In WALANT (wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet) a tourniquet is not used, ensuring less discomfort for the patient. In locoregional distal nerve block, on the other hand, a tourniquet is needed and can be painful.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntraosseous schwannomas represent an extremely rare subgroup of schwannomas, accounting for <1% of all primary bone tumors. They mostly occur in the mandible, the maxilla, the sacrum, and they are also seen in long bones. We herein report a rare presentation of an intraosseous schwannoma in the glenoid of a 49-year-old patient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecurrence after primary resection of a dorsal wrist ganglion may necessitate a reintervention. A technique was introduced in 2004 in which a flap of the extensor retinaculum is used to cover the defect left in the wrist capsule following repeat radical excision. This retrospective study presents the follow-up 4.
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