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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON37253
NL-OMON37253
Completed
Not Applicable

Morphological and functional changes of the median nerve after neurolysis for carpal tunnel syndrome - ultrasonography of the median nerve after neurolysis for CTS

Atrium Medisch Centrum0 sites100 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
carpal tunnel syndrome
Sponsor
Atrium Medisch Centrum
Enrollment
100
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Observational non invasive

Investigators

Sponsor
Atrium Medisch Centrum

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Age \> 18 years
  • 2\. Clinical signs of carpal tunnel syndrome, as described by the AAN criteria for CTS: paresthesias, pain, swelling, weakness, or clumsiness of the hand (digit 1\-4\) provoked or worsened by sleep, sustained hand or arm position, or repetitive action of the hand or wrist that is mitigated by changing posture or by shaking of the hand; sensory deficits in the median innervated region of the hand; and motor deficit or hypotrophy of the median innervated thenar muscles
  • 3\. Electrophysiological evidence of CTS (see below)
  • 4\. Surgery is the preferred treatment modality
  • 5\. Patients having bilateral CTS can only participate with the most affected side.
  • 6\. Criterium for the time interval between initial exam and surgery: within 5 weeks
  • 7\. Able to read and understand written questionnaires (in Dutch)
  • 8\. Informed written consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Unable to follow up
  • 2\. Prior surgery or trauma on the wrist / median nerve
  • 3\. Previous surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome; previous surgery for CTS on the contralaterale side is not an exclusion criterium.
  • 4\. Treatment with splints or corticosteroids the past 6 months.
  • 5\. Clinical or electrophysiological evidence of conditions that could mimic CTS or interfere with its
  • validation (cervical radiculopathy, brachial plexopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome, pronator teres syndrome, ulnar neuropathy, polyneuropathy, Raynaud\*s disease, sympathic dystrophy)
  • 6\. Underlying causes of CTS: diabetes, thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure
  • treated by hemodialysis, space\-occupying lesions a the volar wrist. A bifid median nerve of persistant median artery are no exclusion criteria.
  • 7\. Pregnancy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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