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Spine, shoulder and hand

Preoperative corticosteroid injections are associated with worse long-term outcome of surgical carpal tunnel release

A retrospective study of 174 hands with a mean follow-up of 5.5 years

Paul-Sander VahiFaculty of Medicine, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
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Mart KalsEstonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
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Leho KõivDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.
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Mark BraschinskyDepartment of Neurology, Neurology Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 102-106 | Received 17 Oct 2012, Accepted 17 Oct 2013, Published online: 29 Nov 2013

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