Predicting Outcomes for Carpal Tunnel Surgery
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Lately, there have been a number of articles published on research relating to anxiety caused by untreated carpal tunnel syndrome. It would be nice to be able to predict accurately how each person is going to react to the treatment, i.e., no pain vs. lots of pain, and how quickly…
Read MoreIn years gone by, joint fusion- bonding bones together to eliminate painful motion- was the only way to treat advanced arthritis. In the late 1960s, joint replacement as we know it today became a reasonable option. Based on extensive anatomic research, denervation, or removal of nerves going to the responsible…
Read MoreJung, et al., in Hand 2018, Vol. 13, pages 137-142, published a meta-analysis (comparison of data in the literature) on private, i.e. non-work-related, and worker’s compensation-treated patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. They found that worker’s compensation patients took almost five weeks longer to return to work and were 16% less…
Read MoreA recent article in Muscle & Nerve, 2019, Vol. 6, by Jothi and Bland, just published solely involved 20 people with use of a splint and ultrasound and 20 people with the splint and no ultrasound. It showed no added benefit in the symptomatic relief gained with the use of…
Read MoreThe ultrasound marketers are really pushing the possible use of ultrasound in diagnosis of nerve entrapment. Nerve conduction study, however, has the advantage of many years of use in having established itself as a very useful tool in the objective evaluation of nerve entrapment. Ultrasound on the other hand is…
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