(ĐTĐ) – Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by the compression of the median nerve which runs through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Its causes are uncertain, but it’s generally assumed that any position that causes stress on the nerve can be a cause. It is often worse from flexing the wrist. The syndrome causes […]
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MRI can serve as an adjunct diagnostic tool for CTS when the clinical or neurophysiologic findings are equivocal. The carpal tunnel is a fibro-osseous space with little fat that contains the flexor tendons and the median nerve. The flexor retinaculum composes the volar aspect of the tunnel and normally shows slight palmar bowing. The median […]
