
Chuck and Chris Talk JBJS What's New in Hand Surgery
The Upper Hand: Chuck & Chris Talk Hand Surgery
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The Importance of a Nerve Study in a Work Comp Population
Surgeons who had a carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis confirmed by a surgeon, by the surgeon using ultrasound had 1.8 fewer medical visits and underwent surgical procedure three to four weeks earlier than those who had a CTS diagnosis confirmed by EDS. So we've talked about this a number of times. Do you think this is something where you would just send a maybe only for an ultrasound if you needed? And does what's come out in the last few years satisfy your desire and need to have something even like in a work comp population?
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