OBJECTIVE To report treatment of a unilateral comminuted fourth carpal bone (C4) fracture associated with carpal instability by partial carpal arthrodesis (PCA) of the middle carpal joint (MCJ) and carpometacarpal joint (CMCJ). STUDY DESIGN Case Report. ANIMALS An 8-month-old Arabian filly. METHODS A C4 slab fracture was diagnosed radiographically; however, fracture comminution was conclu...

Compression neuropathy of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, better known as the carpal tunnel syndrome, occurs most commonly in adults aged between 30 and 60 years ofage, and is five times more common in women than men.' Any condition that crowds or reduces the capacity ofthe carpal tunnel may initiate the symptoms. Local causes include malaligned Colles' fracture, oedema from trauma or in...

Abstract Background Carpal tunnel syndrome is the commonest entrapment neuropathy. The cut-off point of cross-sectional area to diagnose carpal may vary among populations. objective this study was determine best median nerve Egyptian population and compare difference in diabetic patients versus healthy individuals. Results Mean 7.78 ± 1.260 mm 2 individuals 8 1.018 diabetics. Cut-off above whic...

We report three cases of Raynaud's syndrome with digital ischaemic ulceration, in association with carpal tunnel syndrome. In all cases, the aetiology of the Raynaud's syndrome was probably unrelated to the nerve compression. However, symptoms were worse on the side of the median nerve lesion in two patients and worse on the side with the most severe nerve dysfunction in the third; symptoms wer...

The pathomechanics, ligamentous damage, and degree of carpal instability in perilunate and lunate dislocations were analyzed by experimentally loading 32 cadaver wrists to failure. Thirteen perilunate and two lunate dislocations were produced. The mechanism of injury was extension, ulnar deviation, and intercarpal supination. These dislocations occurred in a sequential fashion due to progressiv...

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...

Wasting of the thenar muscles secondary to traumatic or degenerative lesions around the wristjoint has been recognised for over 100 years. In 1863 Sir James Paget described a patient whose median nerve was compressed by callus after a fracture at the wrist. Many examples of median nerve compression have since been reported where the capacity of the carpal tunnel has been reduced by osseous prot...

Objectives: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is now the most common type of nerve compression neuropathies constituting about (90%) of the neuropathic disorders. To attain the optimal recovery following the operation, a rehabilitation intervention is urgent. This study aims at investigating the efficacy of short and long term rehabilitation interventions following Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) on mot...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral compression neuropathy of the upper extremity. Repetitive wrist and finger motion has been suggested as a major factor of pathogenesis of CTS. However, little is known about the pathomechanics of CTS. We aimed to evaluate the movement of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel during wrist and finger motions using transverse ultrasound in...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common median nerve neuropathy, accounting for 90% of all neuropathies. Carpal tunnel syndrome presents in 3.8% of the general population, with a higher prevalence among women. There are several risk factors associated with CTS, including both medical and non medical factors. The pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in the median nerve compression and tr...