Effect of patient age and symptom duration on subjective and objective outcomes of carpal tunnel surgery.

Eskandari, Metin Manouchehr; Ozge, Aynur; Oztuna, Volkan; Colak, Mehmet; Kanik, Arzu; Kuyurtar, Fehmi · Orthopedics · 2005

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

This study prospectively examined the relationship between patient age and symptom duration on surgical outcome of carpal tunnel syndrome. Surgical outcomes were evaluated using both subjective and objective measures and statistical analysis was performed using canonical analysis. The result revealed patient age and symptom duration have significant effects on bot subjective and objective outcomes of carpal tunnel surgery.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy