The aim of this study is to confirm the accuracy of sonography in the diagnosis of the carpal tunnel syndrome by measuring the cross-section area of the median nerve. A prospective study of 80 patients suspected of having carpal tunnel syndrome was underwent sonography at Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Samawa city from 1/1/2015 to 1/1/2016. The cross sectional area of the median nerve was meas...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a neuropathy disease that affects the median nerve with an incidence of around 90%. appears in 3.8% general population, highest prevalence occurring women. There are several risk factors associated CTS, namely medical and non-medical factors. The mechanism carpal tunnel syndrome until now still very complex not known certainty, but compression traction thought to...

UNLABELLED Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy and a frequent cause of sick leave because of work-related hand overload. The main treatment is operation. AIM The aim of the study is to assess the usefulness of high frequency ultrasound in the postoperative evaluation of CTS treatment efficacy. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty-two patients (50 women and 12 men age...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), the most frequent type of entrapment neuropathy, is caused by compression of the median nerve inside the tunnel formed by the wrist bones and the carpal annular ligament. This condition affects between 1% and 3% of the population, and it is 4 times more common in women than in men. Incidence peaks between the fourth and sixth decade of life, and more than 50% of ca...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), the most frequent type of entrapment neuropathy, is caused by compression of the median nerve inside the tunnel formed by the wrist bones and the carpal annular ligament. This condition affects between 1% and 3% of the population, and it is 4 times more common in women than in men. Incidence peaks between the fourth and sixth decade of life, and more than 50% of ca...

Article history: Received: 26 Apr 2013 Accepted: 29 May 2013 Available online: 14 Sep 2013 ZJRMS 2015 Jan; 17(1): 34-36 Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common focal mono-neuropathy of median nerve in carpal tunnel. Prevalence is 2.7-5.8% and is more common in female than male. The most important diagnostic method is electrophysiologic study of median nerve. Materials and Me...

Everyday medical practice shows that most common problems within the hand result from overload, injuries and degeneration. Dorsal side pathologies such as de Quervain's and Wartenberg's disease, intersection syndrome or degenerative lesions of carpometa-carpal joint of the thumb discussed in the paper can be accurately diagnosed and differentiated by means of ultrasound examination. Ultrasound ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), the most frequent type of entrapment neuropathy, is caused by compression of the median nerve inside the tunnel formed by the wrist bones and the carpal annular ligament. This condition affects between 1% and 3% of the population, and it is 4 times more common in women than in men. Incidence peaks between the fourth and sixth decade of life, and more than 50% of ca...