ReviewDeutsches Arzteblatt international2015
Carpal and cubital tunnel and other, rarer nerve compression syndromes.
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- The clinical value of EMG and SSEP in diagnosing chronic pelvic pain syndrome; a systematic review.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Pooled it
- The Scratch-Collapse Test: A Systematic Review and Statistical Analysis.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Pooled it
- [Physiotherapy and sports therapeutic interventions for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome : A systematic review].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2022Pooled it
- Ulnar nerve entrapment at elbow in obstructive sleep apnea patients: a randomized controlled trial.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2017Trial
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- Patient-reported outcomes and functional recovery after carpal tunnel surgery in a developing health care system: insights from clinical practice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Real Versus Sham-Based Neurodynamic Techniques in the Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Demographics of Common Compressive Neuropathies in the Upper Extremity.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- [Ultrasound of nerves of the lower extremities].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2024Article
- Optimizing Recovery After Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Release Surgery: The Role of Counseling in Pain Management and Perioperative Functional Enhancement.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
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- [Ultrasound examination of nerves of the upper extremities].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2023Article
- The modified fascial sling technique for ulnar nerve anterior transposition: surgical techniques and results.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2023Article
- Local Corticosteroid Injections versus Surgical Carpal Tunnel Release for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Influences of Neck and/or Wrist Pain on Hand Grip Strength of Industrial Quality Proofing Workers.Safety and health at work · 2020Article
- [Revision surgery for carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome].Der Orthopade · 2020Review
- Prevalence of Muscular Skeletal Disorders among Qualified Dental Assistants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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- Conservative treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome: A systematic review.Orthopedic reviews · 2019Article
- Patient Characteristics in Ulnar Nerve Compression at the Elbow at a Tertiary Referral Hospital and Predictive Factors for Outcomes of Simple Decompression versus Subcutaneous Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve.BioMed research international · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundCarpal tunnel syndrome is by far the most common peripheral nerve compression syndrome, affecting approximately one in every six adults to a greater or lesser extent. Splitting the flexor retinaculum to treat carpal tunnel syndrome is the second most common specialized surgical procedure in Germany. Cubital tunnel syndrome is rarer by a factor of 13, and the other compression syndromes are rarer still.
methodsThis review is based on publications retrieved by a selective literature search of PubMed and the Cochrane Library, along with current guidelines and the authors' clinical and scientific experience.
resultsRandomized controlled trials have shown, with a high level of evidence, that the surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome yields very good results regardless of the particular technique used, as long as the diagnosis and the indication for surgery are well established by the electrophysiologic and radiological findings and the operation is properly performed. The success rates of open surgery, and the single-portal and dual-portal endoscopic methods are 91.6%, 93.4% and 92.5%, respectively. When performed by experienced hands, all these procedures have complication rates below 1%. The surgical treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome has a comparably low complication rate, but worse results overall. Neuro-ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (neuro-MRI) are increasingly being used to complement the diagnostic findings of electrophysiologic studies.
conclusionEvidence-based diagnostic methods and treatment recommendations are now available for the two most common peripheral nerve compression syndromes. Further controlled trials are needed for most of the rarer syndromes, especially the controversial ones.
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