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SynthesisJournal of occupational rehabilitation2011

Surgical techniques and return to work following carpal tunnel release: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kaveh A Sanati, Massoud Mansouri, Duncan Macdonald, Shahab Ghafghazi, Ewan Macdonald, Ghasem Yadegarfar

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Synthesis in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Rehabilitation following carpal tunnel release.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  16. Carpal tunnel syndrome and work.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Kaveh A SanatiHealthy Working Lives Group, Public Health and Health Policy Section, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. kavehasanati@doctors.org.uk
Massoud Mansouri
Duncan Macdonald
Shahab Ghafghazi
Ewan Macdonald
Ghasem Yadegarfar
Cardiff University · GBIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRPublic Health Scotland · GBRoyal Derby Hospital · GBThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis systematic review was conducted to evaluate return to work (RTW) following minimally invasive carpal tunnel surgery versus open carpal tunnel release. This study also assesses how RTW as an outcome measure was examined in previous randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

methodsThe bibliographic databases Medline, AMED and CINAHL were systematically searched. We found 15 relevant RCTs. Meta-analysis was possible only for four studies.

resultsThe result indicates that minimally invasive surgery offers earlier return to work compared to open carpal tunnel release (mean difference -7.2 days; 95% CI -10 to -4.4 days). There were remarkable inconsistencies in how return to work as an outcome measure was examined in different RCTs.

conclusionsCalculating standardised mean difference in future RCTs would allow future reviews to be more inclusive of the evidence. The authors suggest more consistent approach for evaluating work-related features in future studies. We recommend that new fit note categories introduced by UK Department of Work and Pension (unfit for all work/return to modified work or work adaptations/return to normal work) would be used to identify different levels of return to work.

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Recovery of FunctionCarpal Tunnel SyndromeHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresTime Factors

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PMID21528400
OpenAlexW1986216162

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