Carpal tunnel syndrome can be secondary in some patients, and vascular anomalies (usually a persistent median artery), median nerve variations, or both are among the etiologic factors. High division of the median nerve proximal to the carpal tunnel (known as a bifid median nerve) is a median nerve anomaly that has an incidence rate of 2.8%. This rare entity is often associated with various abno...

We have read the case report of Oge et al. with interest (2). They evaluated the carpal tunnel range/carpal tunnel area ratio among patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and the control group, together with the median nerve area and its palmar bowing of the transverse carpal ligament. An increase in the ratio of carpal tunnel range/carpal tunnel area were detected in patients with carpal tunnel ...

The aim of this study is to confirm the accuracy of sonography in the diagnosis of the carpal tunnel syndrome by measuring the cross-section area of the median nerve. A prospective study of 80 patients suspected of having carpal tunnel syndrome was underwent sonography at Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Samawa city from 1/1/2015 to 1/1/2016. The cross sectional area of the median nerve was meas...

BACKGROUND Although cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common peripheral mononeuropathy (after carpal tunnel syndrome) encountered in clinical practice, its prevalence in the population is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of cubital tunnel syndrome in the general population. METHODS We surveyed a cohort of adult residents of the St. Louis metropolita...

PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the efficacy of diffusion tensor imaging in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome and to obtain a quantitative parameter that may contribute to the diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The median nerves in 57 wrists of 38 patients diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome and 30 wrists of 24 normal subjects were prospectively evaluated with a 3T Philips scanner, using ...

The carpal tunnel in the wrist is formed by the interconnected carpal bones and the transverse carpal ligament (TCL). The tunnel contents include the median nerve, which is susceptible to entrapment in the space-limited tunnel leading to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). CTS patients have increased flattening of the median nerve which is alleviated after surgically transecting the TCL to increase c...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most well-known and frequent form of median nerve entrapment, and accounts for 90% of all entrapment neuropathies. Entrapment neuropathies of the ulnar nerve are relatively common with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow more prevalent than ulnar neuropathy at the wrist. The diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow is usually confirmed in a relatively straight – ...

Women with mammary hypertrophy who present for reduction mammaplasty have several well-described musculoskeletal complaints, but a high prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome has not been reported. We identified 151 patients from a plastic surgery practice who underwent reduction mammaplasty from 1994 to 1996. To this group we added a convenience sample of 64 women volunteers with relatively smal...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common focal peripheral neuropathy. Increased pressure in the carpal tunnel results in median nerve compression and impaired nerve perfusion, leading to discomfort and paresthesia in the affected hand. Surgical division of the transverse carpal ligament is preferred in severe cases of CTS and should be considered when conservative measures fail. A through knowl...

objective: carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most frequent local neuropathy which often relapses despite treatment. this study is performed to determine the frequency of obsessive compulsive disorders in cts as a main reason for relapse in patients referring to electro-diagnosis clinic during year 2007. methods: in a case control study we considered two groups of subjects: with cts (cases) an...