background: compressive neuropathy of median nerve is relatively common but development of an hourglass like constriction is a rare phenomenon. the purpose of this study is to show morphologic changes of median nerve in advances carpal tunnel syndrome. methods: eighty patients with thenar atrophy, anesthesia and paresthesia of first, second and third finger and severe changes of emg‑ncv were ch...

objective: carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most frequent local neuropathy which often relapses despite treatment. this study is performed to determine the frequency of obsessive compulsive disorders in cts as a main reason for relapse in patients referring to electro-diagnosis clinic during year 2007. methods: in a case control study we considered two groups of subjects: with cts (cases) an...

introduction: currently, neuroresearchers report that the median nerve shows severity-correlated intracarpal enlargement in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) as a most common peripheral neuropathic disorder. the purpose of this paper was to investigate ultrasonography morphological findings in patients with idiopathic cts and comparing some physical properties such as age, gender, bmi wit...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether bilateral widespread pressure hypersensitivity exists in patients with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. A total of 20 females with carpal tunnel syndrome (aged 22-60 years), and 20 healthy matched females (aged 21-60 years old) were recruited. Pressure pain thresholds were assessed bilaterally over median, ulnar, and radial nerve trunks, the C5...

The carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common nerve entrapment syndrome. Many different methods have been described for treatment. We performed a novel method to release the carpal tunnel. Subsequently, we compared the surgery results of this novel limited incision technique and the standard longitudinal incision technique by using a 'Numerical Grading System'. There is no reported study about ...

Long weekly hours of keyboard use may lead to or aggravate carpal tunnel syndrome. The effects of typing on fluid pressure in the carpal tunnel, a possible mediator of carpal tunnel syndrome, are unknown. Twenty healthy subjects participated in a laboratory study to investigate the effects of typing at different wrist postures on carpal tunnel pressure of the right hand. Changes in wrist flexio...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is considered the most common of the chronic compressive neuropathies. Its cause is generally unknown. Acute carpal tunnel syndrome, which is much less common, is more often directly related to fractures and fracture-dislocations about the wrist, hemorrhagic conditions, and vascular disorders involving the wrist. Many rare and unusual causes have been described, including...

Carpal tunnel syndrome has a prevalence of 1% to 10%, and while acute carpal tunnel syndrome makes up the minority of cases of this compression neuropathy, it is important to recognize as a distinct entity because prompt surgical treatment can decrease long-term morbidity. The most common causes of acute carpal tunnel syndrome are trauma to the hand or wrist, infection, and disorders of rheumat...

BACKGROUND The authors wished to evaluate the comprehensive literature on carpal tunnel syndrome to discover work specific to carpal tunnel syndrome among dentists in order to determine whether there is any correlation with dentists having a higher prevalence of its occurrence. METHODS A review of dental literature involving carpal tunnel syndrome was undertaken. Details appearing in the lite...