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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

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An analysis of patient’s and disease related factors predictive of the outcomes of surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome

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  • presenting/speaker Andrzej Zyluk - Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
  • Paulina Zyluk-Gadowska - Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
  • Zbigniew Szlosser - Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

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. DocIFSSH19-438

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh0719, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh07199

Veröffentlicht: 6. Februar 2020

© 2020 Zyluk et al.
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Objectives/Interrogation: Outcomes of surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome may differ in relation to certain factors like age, duration of symptoms, clinical and electrophysiological severity.

The objective of this study was an investigation into the hypothesis that several factors are predictive of results of surgical treatment of the condition.

Methods: The pre- and postoperative records of 1,117 patients: 909 women (81%) and 208 men (19%) with a mean age of 63 years were analysed. The whole group was divided into subgroups, depending on the variables analysed: sex, age, duration of symptoms, clinical and electrophysiological severity of and presence of comorbidities. The effect of these variables on outcomes of surgery at 6 months was investigated by univariative and multivariative analysis.

Results and Conclusions: None of the considered variables had a substantial impact on the results of carpal tunnel release which were sufficiently satisfactory at any circumstances. Slightly poorer outcomes in grip strength were observed in elderly patients, with clinically severest condition and with concomitant comorbidities.