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ReviewJournal of ultrasound2025

Minimally invasive ultrasound-guided thread carpal tunnel release: a video demonstration protocol.

Nuno Ferreira-Silva, Tomás Ribeiro-Da-Silva, Lia Lucas-Neto, Keith Aziz, Wesley Troyer, Raúl A Rosario-Concepción

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Review in Journal of ultrasound, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nuno Ferreira-Silva *Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimation, and Pain Medicine, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, University of Barcelona Calle de Villarroel, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain. nunofranciscodasilva@gmail.com.
Tomás Ribeiro-Da-Silva *Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ULS Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-1400-5910
Lia Lucas-NetoDepartment of Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Keith AzizDepartment of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Wesley TroyerDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Raúl A Rosario-ConcepciónPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common compressive peripheral neuropathy, often requiring surgical treatment. Recently, ultrasound-guided thread carpal tunnel release has become an attractive minimally invasive alternative to the traditional surgical approaches. This incision-less technique utilizes an abrasive thread and a Tuohy needle to achieve division of the transverse carpal ligament while sparing adjacent soft tissue to decrease post-procedural pain and enhance recovery. Although several step-by-step descriptions of the technique have been published in recent years, no video demonstration of the procedure and the pre-procedure scanning needed for surgical planning exists. This paper aims to provide a video-based guide to ultrasound-guided thread carpal tunnel release and propose a pre-procedure scanning protocol for physicians considering implementing this procedure into their practice.

Indexed as

Carpal Tunnel SyndromeMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresUltrasonography, InterventionalHumansCarpal tunnel syndromeMinimally invasive surgeryNeuropathyUltrasound-guided procedures

Identifiers

PMID40048109
PMCPMC12675869

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