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  2. Carpal tunnel surgery - Wikipedia

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    Sayed Issa's approach [21] is a carpal tunnel release through a small approach on the distal wrist crease; it is about 1.5 cm; the benefits of this technique are less surgical traumatic and more tender, it takes less time for rehabilitation, so the patient can work next day of operation, and it has very cosmetic and gentle scar in results and ...

  3. Switchblade - Wikipedia

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    A folding switchblade. A switchblade (also known as switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, gravity knife, flick blade, or spring knife) is a pocketknife with a sliding or pivoting blade contained in the handle which is extended automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated.

  4. Thread carpal tunnel release - Wikipedia

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    The frictional effect of a sliding thread can cut tissue. This effect is more moderate than the abrasive effect found when using, for example, a wire saw.The frictional division of soft tissue concentrates the shear forces into the targeted tissue, resulting in significantly less collateral damage to adjacent anatomic structures than can be caused by the plowing and cutting of abrasive dividing.

  5. Sleeve gun - Wikipedia

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    The Welwand sleeve gun. The "sleeve gun" was developed during World War II by Station IX of the Special Operations Executive.The design was by Hugh Reeves. [1] It was essentially a version of the noise-suppressed Welrod pistol, minus the pistol grip, and produced in both .32 ACP and 9×19mm.

  6. Kusarigama - Wikipedia

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    People would wield the weapons with both hands to protect their horses against criminals. Another theory is that the kusarigama is based on the tobiguchi , which is a type of axe that had a "stout haft and a short pick-like blade". [1] There is no evidence of the kusarigama being used as a battlefield weapon in mass combat. Swinging its long ...

  7. Phalen maneuver - Wikipedia

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    Transverse section across the wrist and digits. (The median nerve is the yellow dot near the center. The carpal tunnel is not labeled, but the circular structure surrounding the median nerve is visible.) Phalen's maneuver is a diagnostic test for carpal tunnel syndrome [1] by an American orthopedist named George S. Phalen. [2]

  8. List of medieval weapons - Wikipedia

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    Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)

  9. Dao (Chinese sword) - Wikipedia

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    Dao blades are moderately curved and single-edged, though often with a few inches of the back edge sharpened; the moderate curve allows them to be reasonably effective in the thrust. Hilts are sometimes canted, curving in the opposite direction of the blade, which improves handling in some forms of cuts and thrusts. The cord is usually wrapped ...