Follow-up Study of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Conduction Block: Comparison between Operative and Non-operative Management. |
Kwon, Hee Kyu , Lee, Hang Jae , Kim, Ki Hyung , Ahn, Duck Sun |
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea. hjleemd@korea.ac.kr 2Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea. |
전도차단을 보인 수근관 증후군 환자의 경과 관찰: 수술 치료와 비수술 치료의 비교 |
권희규, 이항재, 김기형, 안덕선1 |
고려대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실, 1성형외과학교실 |
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Abstract |
Objective To compare the degree of improvement of conduction block in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) between the patients who received operation and those who received conservative treatment. Method Subjects included 33 hands of 27 CTS patients who received operation (operation group) and 20 hands of 17 patients who were managed conservatively (non-operation group). Median antidromic sensory responses were recorded with wrist and palm stimulation. The criterion for conduction block was more than 50% drop of baseline to negative peak amplitude of sensory nerve action potential with wrist stimulation compared to palm stimulation. The degree of conduction block was measured before and after treatment, and the improvement of conduction block was compared between the two groups.
Results The degrees of conduction block were 59.9⁑14.3% in operation group and 60.5⁑14.5% in the non-operation group at initial evaluation. The improvements of conduction block were 32.1⁑15.1% (5∼58.9%) in operation group and 7.8⁑19.8% (27.3∼36.7%) in non-operation group after treatment and the difference was statistically significant.
Conclusion The results suggest that operative treatment may be useful even in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome with conduction block. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2003; 27: 369-373)
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Key Words:
Carpal tunnel syndrome, Conduction block, Operation and non-operation group |
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