Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
| Autor: | Nugent Gr, Gainer Jv |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) General Medicine Middle Aged Wrist medicine.disease Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Methods Humans Surgical Wound Infection Medicine Female Median nerve compression Occupations business Carpal tunnel syndrome Aged Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Southern Medical Journal. 70:325-333 |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00007611-197703000-00021 |
| Popis: | Analyzed are data on 430 operations in 326 patients for median nerve compression at the wrist. Follow-up data from a patient self-evaluation questionnaire were available for 71% of patients. Incidence was highest in the fifth and sixth decades of life, and 65% of patients were female. For most patients, symptoms were worse at night or with excessive hand use or both. Self-evaluation questionnaires showed total relief of symptoms after operation in 51% of cases, 75% or greater improvement in 31%, and 50% or greater improvement in 10%. The dominant hand was more severely involved in two thirds of the patients and 78% of patients had occupations involving considerable use of their hands, suggesting that an occupational factor might be involved in the genesis or aggravation of median nerve compression. |
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