gms | German Medical Science

14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

Artikel

Artikel empfehlen

Effectiveness of median nerve decompression in carpal tunnel syndrome in the early postoperative period

Meeting Abstract

Suche in Medline nach

  • presenting/speaker Andrey Baytinger - Institute of Microsurgery, Tomsk, Russia

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSSH19-1173

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh0377, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh03773

Veröffentlicht: 6. Februar 2020

© 2020 Baytinger.
Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). Lizenz-Angaben siehe http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Gliederung

Text

Objectives/Interrogation: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a compression of the median nerve in carpal canal. The aim of our research was to compare the results of treatment with an open and an endoscopic method.

Methods: In order to achieve the aim we needed to assess the functions of hand before and after surgery from the patient's point of view according to the DASH questionnaire and cross section area (cm2) of the median nerve by using ultrasound investigation. 40 patients were selected and divided into two groups group 1 (n = 20) - patients who had open median nerve decompression; group 2 (n = 20) - patients who had endoscopic median nerve decompression. There

Results: There were no statistically significant differences between assessed parameters in groups 1 and 2 (p > 0.05).

Conclusion: In the early postoperative period, endoscopic decompression is as effective as the open decompression.