Clinical Study
MRI-Based Identification of an Appropriate Point of Needle Insertion for Patients with Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to Avoid Median Nerve Injury
Table 3
Range of angle (degrees) without contacting the median nerve, ulnar nerve, radial artery, or ulnar artery through 4 different insertion points.
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| Insertion point E has smaller angle than the other sites in any severities of the stage: . Insertion point A has smaller angle than C or D in any severities of the stage: moderate and severe, extremely severe, . In insertion point C and D, extremely severe stage has smaller angle than the other stages. . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||