The Result of Mini-Open Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Thanh Ma Ngoc, Dung Tran Trung*, Manh Nguyen Huu, Khanh Trinh Le, Quyet Tran, Ban Hoang Van

Objective: evaluate the results of mini-open surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)

Patients and method: Prospective study of 56 hands (43 patients) with carpal tunnel syndrome, who underwent mini-open carpal tunnel release surgery in Hanoi Medical University Hospital 

Results: The ratio of women was 95.4%. The mean age was 50.3 years. There were 23 patients (53.4%) of right hand CTS and 13 patients (30.4%) of both hands CTS. According to Padua’s classifi cation, 11.6% of patients had extreme CTS. The improvement of clinical symptoms and electrorheological test can be seen at 2 weeks after surgery. There were no complications.

Conclusion: Mini-open surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome had good results.

Keywords: carpal tunnel syndrome, mini-open surgery

Published on: Dec 13, 2017 Pages: 46-49

Full Text PDF Full Text HTML DOI: 10.17352/amm.000010
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