We report an anomalous dorsally positioned median nerve within the carpal tunnel in
a 25-year-old spastic hemiplegic man associated with chronic wrist pain.
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Publication history
Accepted:
March 19,
2007
Received:
August 26,
2006
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© 2007 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
