Ultrasound-Guided Minimal Invasive Carpal Tunnel Release: An Optimized Algorithm.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To present a safety-optimized ultrasound-guided minimal invasive carpal tunnel release (CTR) procedure.

Materials and methods

104 patients (67 female, 37 male; mean age 60.6 ± 14.3 years, 95% CI 57.9 to 63.4 years) with clinical and electrophysiological verified typical carpal tunnel syndrome were referred for a high-resolution ultrasound of the median nerve and were then consecutively assigned for an ultrasound-guided CTR after exclusion of possible secondary causes of carpal tunnel syndrome such as tumors, tendovaginitis, ganglia and possible contraindications (e.g., crossing collateral vessels, nerve variations). Applying a newly adapted and optimized algorithm, basing on the work proposed by Petrover et al. CTR was performed using a button tip cannula which has s

SUBMITTER: Loizides A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8172390 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature