| | New Treatments for Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, January 2, 2007 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Carpel tunnel syndrome is a common disorder characterized by pain, burning, and tingling of the palmar surface of the hand, resulting from compression of the median nerve between the carpal ligament and other structures within the carpal tunnel (entrapment neuropathy). |
 | | The volume of the contents of the tunnel can be increased by organic lesions such as synovitis of the tendon sheaths or carpal joints, recent or carpel tunnel. |
 | | Treatment of carpel tunnel syndrome is directed toward relief of pressure on the median nerve. |
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