Open carpal tunnel release and diabetes: a retrospective study using PROMs and national quality registries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study patient-reported outcome after open carpal tunnel release (OCTR) for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in patients with or without diabetes using national healthcare quality registries.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Data from the Swedish National Quality Registry for Hand Surgery (HAKIR; www.hakir.se) were linked to data from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR; www.ndr.nu).

Participants

We identified 9049 patients (10 770 hands) operated for CTS during the inclusion period (2010-2016).

Primary outcome measures

Patient-reported outcome measures were analysed before surgery and at 3 and 12 months postoperatively using the QuickDASH as well as the HAKIR questionnaire with eight questions on hand symptoms and disability.<

SUBMITTER: Zimmerman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731852 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature