Bilateral acute carpal tunnel syndrome after combined pancreatic and renal transplant.

Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg

John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.

Published: August 2009

We present an unusual case of immediate bilateral acute carpal tunnel syndrome that followed combined pancreatic and renal transplantation and responded to decompression after failed conservative treatment.

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