TY - JOUR
T1 - Carpal tunnel syndrome
T2 - Neurophysiological results of surgery based on preoperative electrodiagnostic testing
AU - Padua, L.
AU - Lo Monaco, M.
AU - Padua, R.
AU - Tamburrelli, F.
AU - Gregori, B.
AU - Tonali, P.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Fifty-three hands with carpal tunnel syndrome had pre- and postoperative evaluations of median nerve distal motor latency (from wrist to thenar muscles) and orthodromic sensory nerve conduction velocity (from thumb and middle finger to wrist). At 6 months we observed a neurophysiological return to normal in all cases with normal preoperative distal motor latency and in about 50% of the hands with preoperative distal motor latency between 4 and 6 ms. Prolongation of the distal motor latency over 6 ms was not followed by return to neurophysiological normality, although some degree of sensory function was restored in the majority of cases.
AB - Fifty-three hands with carpal tunnel syndrome had pre- and postoperative evaluations of median nerve distal motor latency (from wrist to thenar muscles) and orthodromic sensory nerve conduction velocity (from thumb and middle finger to wrist). At 6 months we observed a neurophysiological return to normal in all cases with normal preoperative distal motor latency and in about 50% of the hands with preoperative distal motor latency between 4 and 6 ms. Prolongation of the distal motor latency over 6 ms was not followed by return to neurophysiological normality, although some degree of sensory function was restored in the majority of cases.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80355-5
DO - 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80355-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 9752913
AN - SCOPUS:0030831679
VL - 22 B
SP - 599
EP - 601
JO - Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume
JF - Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume
SN - 1753-1934
IS - 5
ER -