Trevor G Quayle <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "Compression of the median nerve as it runs deep to the transverse carpal
> ligament (TCL) causes wasting of the thenar eminence, weakness of the flexor
> pollicis brevis, adductor pollicis, opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis
> brevis, as well as sensory loss in the distribution of the median nerve distal
> to the transverse carpal ligament, sparing the superficial sensory branch given
> that its branch point is normally proximal to the TCL and travels superficially
> thus avoiding compression."

> This is carpal tunnel syndrome in layman's terms...

  I'd hate to see the academic formal definition. ;)

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                                                          - Warp

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