Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with long-term type 2 diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT: Generally, Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is more common in diabetes mellitus (DM), especially in subjects with coexisting diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and/or long-term DM. Based on the analysis of nerve conduction velocity (NCV), the prevalence of CTS and the features of nerve injury were retrospectively explored in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. In this cohort, there were 353 T2DM patients who were hospitalized in Taiyuan Central Hospitalbetween January 2018 and January 2019. The pathological rates of NCVs between the left and right median nerves were compared, including the gender effect. The examinations were mainly directed to analyze the median nerve injury features. Among 353 patients, 139 patients (39.3%) presented with CTS. These 139 T2DM patients with CTS were then divi

SUBMITTER: Dong D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature