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[The microsurgical treatment of the carpal tunnel syndrome]
A Bucciero1, B Carangelo, V Gammone
1Cattedra di Neurochirurgia, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II.
Minerva Chirurgica
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Between 1988 and 1994, 101 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome underwent microsurgical treatment. In 69 (68.3%) patients, simple incision of the transverse carpal ligament was performed. The remaining 32 (31.7%) patients also required neurolysis: external neurolysis in 17 (16.8%) patients, both external and internal neurolysis in 15 (14.9%) patients. There were no intra- and postoperative complications. After surgery, preoperative symptoms completely disappeared in 98 (97.1%) patients and improved in 3 (2.9%).