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ReviewCureus2024

Surgical Interventions for the Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Narrative Review.

Mohummed S Alrayes, Mohammed Altawili, Mohammed H Alsaffar, Ghofran Z Alfarhan, Rahaf J Owedah, Ibtsam S Bodal, Naif Abdullah A Alshahrani, Amjad Abdulaziz M Assiri, Ahmad W Sindi

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Mohummed S AlrayesGeneral Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Tabuk, SAU.
Mohammed AltawiliGeneral Practice, Alaziziyah Primary Health Care Center, Tabuk, SAU.
Mohammed H AlsaffarGeneral Practice, Abqaiq General Hospital, Buqayq, SAU.
Ghofran Z AlfarhanSurgery, Al Iman General Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Rahaf J OwedahGeneral Practice, King Fahad Hospital, Madinah, SAU.
Ibtsam S BodalGeneral Practice, Alrayan College, Madinah, SAU.
Naif Abdullah A AlshahraniGeneral Practice, King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, SAU.
Amjad Abdulaziz M AssiriSurgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU.
Ahmad W SindiSurgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU.
Imam Sadiq University · IRKing Abdullah University Hospital · JOGeneral Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine · CNKing Fahad Hospital Jeddah · SAPrimary Health Care · QA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a severe condition that affects the hand, causing pain, numbness, paresthesia, and autonomic dysfunction caused by increased pressure, damage, and demyelination of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. The most effective treatment for CTS is carpal tunnel release (CTR) via transverse carpal ligament (TCL) transect. We can apply decompression through endoscopic procedures; standard open techniques and minimally invasive wrist incisions can all be used to accomplish decompression. Superior outcomes have been reported in many studies, including patient satisfaction, symptom relief, improvements in multiple assessment modality results, and fewer complications. Soreness at the incision site, tenderness around the site of ligament release, transitory loss of motor or sensory function, and the need for a repeat operation are all postoperative consequences. There is minimal and low-quality evidence to support the effectiveness of postoperative rehabilitation, such as wrist orthoses, dressings, exercise, and ice therapy, which have benefited patients anecdotally.

Indexed as

carpal tunnel syndomeendoscopic carpal tunnel releasereconstruction of the transverse carpal ligamentsurgical interventionsultrasound-guided carpal tunnel release

Identifiers

PMID38576667
PMCPMC10994685
OpenAlexW4392446699

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