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Ultraschall Med 2012; 33(06): 515-516
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325459
Case Report
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Due to Excessive Blood-Pressure-Measurement at the Wrist

Akutes Karpal-Tunnel-Syndrom verursacht durch exzessives Blutdruckmessen am Handgelenk

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  • V. Unterholzner

  • A. Loizides

  • H. Gruber

  • W. Loescher

  • R. Zimmermann

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05 November 2012 (online)

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Introduction

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) represents a compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel and is, with an incidence of 1–3 subjects per thousand, the most frequent entrapment mononeuropathy.