SynthesisJournal of neurology2020
Can ultrasound imaging be used for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in diabetic patients? A systemic review and network meta-analysis.
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- Ultrasonography for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome: an umbrella review.Journal of neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Ultrasound improves motor distal latency on patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Ultrasound-guided insulin injection for carpal tunnel syndrome in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Clinical rheumatology · 2019Trial
- Ultrasonographic Median Nerve Cross-Sectional Area and Clinical, Electrodiagnostic, and Laboratory Biomarkers in Electrodiagnostically Confirmed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Single-Center Correlational Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Comprehensive Video Datasets: Toward the Development of an Artificial Intelligence Model for Ultrasonography-Based Severity Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Dilemmas in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Cervical Spine Disorders: A Comprehensive Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Diabetes Increases Median Nerve Cross-Sectional Area but Not Disease Severity in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2024Article
- The Potential of Ultrasound Radiomics in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Nerve ultrasonographic findings in diabetes mellitus are determined by anatomical location and type of diabetes.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2023Article
- Clinical Relevance of Ultrasonographic and Electrophysiological Findings of the Median Nerve in Unilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Electrodiagnostic Testing and Nerve Ultrasound of the Carpal Tunnel in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Different Interventions to Reduce Pre- or Perioperative Blood Transfusion Rate in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Article
- Application of High-Resolution Ultrasound on Diagnosing Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2021Review
- Recent Advances in Ultrasound Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Diagnostic potential of ultrasound in carpal tunnel syndrome with different etiologies: correlation of sonographic median nerve measures with electrodiagnostic severity.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh-resolution ultrasound (US) becomes a reliable tool for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), but whether it can be applied to patients with preexisting diabetes mellitus (DM) remains unclear.
methodsWe searched PubMed and Embase and systemically reviewed studies exploring the median nerve CSAs at the wrist level by US imaging. Nine studies enrolling at least one subgroup comprising patients with both DM and CTS were included for network meta-analysis. The primary outcome was the inter-group difference of the wrist-level median nerve CSA.
resultsThe median nerve size at the wrist level was larger in patients with only CTS than in patients with only DM [CSA difference = 3.14 mm
conclusionsAlthough DM causes swelling of the median nerve at the wrist level, patients with CTS have a larger CSA regardless of preexisting DM. The add-on effect of DM on median nerve CSAs in patients with CTS is limited. Diabetic polyneuropathy tends to result in less swollen median nerves in the CTS population.
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