[Carpal tunnel syndrome--assessment of nerve decompression with the "double approach" technique]

In the paper is presented the evaluation of the operative treatment of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome with minimally invasive procedure. Material includes 33 patients (36 operated nerves) being operated form 2001 to 2004. The evaluation was proceeded before operation and in control examinations 4 week and 6 months after operation. In the evaluation both subjective and objective method of the outcome were utilized. At the final examination with the subjective-method all patients presented either very good or good outcome. In the objective evaluation in 30 cases (83.4%) the outcome was very good or good. In the rest six cases (16.6%) the outcome was satisfactory or poor. Minimally invasive methods in treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome allows the achievement of good results especially in subjective perspective relieving the symptoms.