Aims. The sensitivity and specificity of electrodiagnostic parameters in diagnosing
In a prospective study, we have evaluated the impact of psychological disturbance on symptoms, self-reported disability and the surgical outcome in a series of 110 patients with
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of a corticosteroid injection for the
treatment of
Eight cases of
We studied, retrospectively, 131 patients who had undergone an open operation for the
We studied 58 women of employable age with the
Children with a mucopolysaccharidosis or mucolipidosis suffer progressive disability of the hands, particularly in relation to dysfunction of the median nerve. This is an increasing problem because bone-marrow transplantation has dramatically improved survival without apparently changing the musculoskeletal manifestations. We have reviewed 48 children with these syndromes who required carpal tunnel decompression, recording symptoms, signs, radiological, electrophysiological and operative findings, histology and upper-limb function. In these children the
To establish the value of median nerve compression with wrist flexion as a provocative test for
Decompression of the carpal tunnel is a common surgical procedure. Although the incidence of the
In a previous study the prevalence of Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) in patients with idiopathic
Both idiopathic
The advantages and disadvantages of endoscopic compared with open carpal tunnelreleasearecontroversial. We have performed a prospective, randomised, blinded assessment in a district general hospital in order to determine if there was any demonstrable advantage in undertaking either technique. Twenty-five patients with confirmed bilateral idiopathic
We studied pressure in the carpal tunnel in patients with
Few studies have examined the long-term outcome of carpal tunnel
release (CTR). The aim of this study was to evaluate the patient-reported
long-term outcome of CTR for electrophysiologically severe carpal
tunnel syndrome (CTS). We reviewed the long-term outcome of 40 patients with bilateral
severe CTS who underwent 80 CTRs (46 open, 34 endoscopic) between
2002 and 2012. The outcomes studied were patient-reported outcomes
of numbness resolution, the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ)
score, and patient satisfaction.Aims
Patients and Methods
An unusual case of median nerve compression within the carpal tunnel ascribed to thrombosis in a dilated artery is described.
Five patients suffered injuries around the wrist complicated by acute tunnel syndrome. Pain associated with median nerve paraesthesia or hypo-aesthesia are indications for urgent treatment; in four patients where operation was delayed, the outcome was poor.
This edition of Cochrane Corner looks at some of the work published by the Cochrane Collaboration, covering interventions for treating distal femur fractures in adults; ultrasound and shockwave therapy for acute fractures in adults; and local corticosteroid injection versus placebo for