%0 Journal Article
%T Diagnosis by imaging of the carpal tunnel syndrome
%A Johanna Marcela Quintero Cure
%A Federico Guillermo Lubinus Badillo
%A Juan Carlos Mantilla Su¨˘rez
%J MedUNAB
%D 2006
%I Universidad Aut¨Žnoma de Bucaramanga
%X Carpal tunnel syndrome is a frequent disease, produced by mediannerve compression. In most of the cases the diagnosis is supportedby clinical examination; however there are some atypical caseswhere imaging is very important to confirm the diagnosis. Magneticresonance imaging is a well known and very important techniquefor the diagnosis of the carpal tunnel syndrome, but nowadays ultrasound has gain a place in the diagnosis of these syndrome because it is cheaper, takes shorter time, and has similar diagnostic criteria than magnetic resonance.
%K Carpal tunnel syndrome
%K Magnetic resonance
%K Ultrasound
%U http://caribdis.unab.edu.co/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/REVISTAMEDUNAB/NUMEROSANTERIORES/REVISTA%209%202/AO_CARPO.PDF