Major neurovascular complications of endoscopic carpal tunnel release

J Hand Surg Am. 1994 Jan;19(1):114-8. doi: 10.1016/0363-5023(94)90233-X.

Abstract

Endoscopic carpal tunnel release is becoming an increasingly popular method of surgically correcting median nerve compression. Several complications have been suggested as possibilities following the technique; however, to date, there have been only isolated reports of iatrogenic injury to major neurovascular structures in the hand. We report both a case of transection of the median nerve and a pseudoaneurysm of the superficial palmar arch following endoscopic carpal tunnel release.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / surgery*
  • Endoscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Median Nerve / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroma / complications*
  • Neuromuscular Diseases / complications*
  • Neuromuscular Diseases / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Wrist*