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ArticleClinics in orthopedic surgery2022

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Sonographic Features before and after Surgery in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Association with Clinical Findings.

Mahla Daliri, Motahareh Ebrahimnejad, Samane Najafi, Behzad Aminzadeh, Maryam Emadzadeh, Ehsan Moradi, Ali Moradi

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Article in Clinics in orthopedic surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Carpal tunnel syndrome related to rheumatic disease (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024
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  4. Bilateral snapping triceps syndrome: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mahla DaliriOrthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-1129
Motahareh EbrahimnejadOrthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0000-4808
Samane NajafiDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7168-6498
Behzad AminzadehDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6569-4670
Maryam EmadzadehClinical Research Development Unit, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-3765
Ehsan MoradiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-0150
Ali MoradiOrthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-8774
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The interest in ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment of the patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is growing. This paper aimed to find the correlation of postoperative changes in these modalities' parameters with clinical outcomes. Methods: Boston CTS questionnaire-symptom severity (BQ-SS), Boston CTS questionnaire-functional status (BQ-FS), and visual analog scale (VAS) questionnaires (for pain, paresthesia, and grip weakness assessment) were used to evaluate clinical outcomes. Various imaging parameters of the median nerve and carpal tunnel were evaluated using US and MRI at two levels of the hook of the hamate (distal) and the pisiform (proximal) once preoperatively and then 3 months postoperatively. Corresponding US and MRI parameter measures were compared, and correlational analysis was performed between alteration of imaging findings and changes in clinical parameters postoperatively. Results: Patients' functional status (BQ-FS score) was positively correlated with the nerve width both in US and MRI at the proximal level ( Conclusions: Changes in US and MRI parameters of the median nerve width, circumference, and WHR were associated with clinical changes in patients with CTS after surgery.

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Carpal Tunnel SyndromeHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMedian NerveParesthesiaUltrasonographyCarpal tunnel syndromeMagnetic resonance imagingSurgeryUltrasonography

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PMID36518939
PMCPMC9715927
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