RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Carpal tunnel syndrome: a complication of arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patients
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1070
OP 1072
VO 113
IS 11
A1 Kumar, S.
A1 Trivedi, H. L.
A1 Smith, E. K.
YR 1975
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/113/11/1070.abstract
AB Symptoms of compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel developed in two patients in whom an arteriovenous fistula was created to alleviate chronic renal failure through hemodialysis. Anatomic changes in the wrist area due to the fistula are probably important in the development of this syndrome, and pre-existing uremic peripheral polyneuropathy may also be important in the early development of local symptoms of nerve damage.