A Clinical Analysis of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients Who Were Surgically Treated

ABSTRACT

The carpal tunnel syndrome is well known, studied and easily treatable disease as one of the entities of peripheral neuroentrapment disease. This report is based on last ten year of our experience since the January of 1987 by observing 31 hands of 21 surgically treated patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. The age range of patients was from 29 to 61 years old(average 48.70. The peak age group was six decade. Both hands were affected predominantly followed by right and left hand, 18(58%), 9(29%) and 4(13%) respectively. Tingling sensation and pain were presented in all hands followed by Tinel's sign in 21 hands(67.7%), Phalen's sign in 19 hands(61.2%) and thenar muscle atrophy in 9(29%). The postoperative results were excellent in 64.7% of patients, good 23.5%, fair 5.9% and poor 5.9%. There were no postoperative complication. From these results we stress that carpal tunnel syndrome can be treated well by surgery.