Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome with atgesia / 中华显微外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To report the treatment of 7 cases of carpal tunnel syndrome(CTS)with algesia.Methods One hundred and twenty eight cases of carpal tunnel syndrome within the period of March 2002 and March 2005 were retrospectively analyzed.There were 7 cases(4 female and 3 male)had algesia,4 cases were treated with endoscopic management of carpal tunnel release (ECTR) and 3 cases were treated with open management of carpal tunnel release(OCTR).These 7 cases were followed-up 1-4years(average 1.5 years)postoperatively.Results Two ECTR cases and 2 OCTR cases had bad therapeutic effect and the others had good effect.Both 2 bad-effect ECTR cases feel special pain when insert the catheter.Only inject Triamcinolone Acetonide-A within epineurium after completely release in the goodeffect OCTR ease.Conclusion CTS with algesia is a special type of CTS,the key to treat it is to protect epineurium.