Phalen examined how carpal tunnel syndrome presents, how reliably it can be diagnosed clinically and how it responds to injection and surgical decompression. Retrospective case series of 654 hands in 439 patients over 17 years, assessing provocative tests, operative pathology, steroid injection outcome and recovery of sensation and thenar atrophy after surgery.
Phalen examined how carpal tunnel syndrome presents, how reliably it can be diagnosed clinically and how it responds to injection and surgical decompression. Retrospective case series of 654 hands in 439 patients over 17 years, assessing provocative tests, operative pathology, steroid injection outcome and recovery of sensation and thenar atrophy after surgery.