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JHS0010.1177/1753193414523900Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)Lee et al.
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Outcome of carpal tunnel release – Correlation with wrist and wrist–palm anthropomorphic measurements
The Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 2015, Vol. 40E(2) 186–192 © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1753193414523900 jhs.sagepub.com
L. H. Lee, M. Al-Maiyah, R. Z. Al-Bahrani, A. Bhargava, J. Auyeung and J. Stothard Abstract Wrist and wrist–palm measurements have been associated with the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. We found no reported study about how this correlation affects the outcome after surgery. We investigated the role of the measurements in predicting outcome after open carpal tunnel release. A total of 131 patients (88 female, 43 male) responded to our postal questionnaire using the Boston Carpal Tunnel assessment (65% response rate) at a minimum of 9 months post-operatively. Symptom and functional scores showed a strong correlation. There was no statistical difference in the outcome between wrist ratio (≥0.7 vs
JHS0010.1177/1753193414523900Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)Lee et al.
JHS(E)
Full length article
Outcome of carpal tunnel release – Correlation with wrist and wrist–palm anthropomorphic measurements
The Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 2015, Vol. 40E(2) 186–192 © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1753193414523900 jhs.sagepub.com
L. H. Lee, M. Al-Maiyah, R. Z. Al-Bahrani, A. Bhargava, J. Auyeung and J. Stothard Abstract Wrist and wrist–palm measurements have been associated with the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. We found no reported study about how this correlation affects the outcome after surgery. We investigated the role of the measurements in predicting outcome after open carpal tunnel release. A total of 131 patients (88 female, 43 male) responded to our postal questionnaire using the Boston Carpal Tunnel assessment (65% response rate) at a minimum of 9 months post-operatively. Symptom and functional scores showed a strong correlation. There was no statistical difference in the outcome between wrist ratio (≥0.7 vs
