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Keywords:

Adult, Aged, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Decompression, Surgical, Female, Humans, Male, Median Nerve, Middle Aged, Pain, Pain Measurement, Patient Satisfaction, Reoperation, Retrospective Studies, Surgical Flaps, Treatment Failure, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Orthopedics, Surgery, REVISION, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 3202 Clinical sciences, 3203 Dentistry, 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science

Abstract:

We reviewed 14 patients treated with either an ulnar or a hypothenar fat flap for recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome and scar tenderness. Nine patients were satisfied and there were few complications. One patient had delayed skin healing and another developed a hypertrophic scar.