title: [Personal clinical and neurophysiological experience in the surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome].
abstract: In 18 cases of carpal tunnel syndrome treated by surgical decompression of the median nerve, a neurophysiological control was performed before and after surgery. In all cases improvement or disappearance of the pain was observed; improvement in motor function was less constant. Control of the median nerve conduction showed that in all cases with preoperative distal latency less than 6 msec. there was a normalization of the nerve conduction after only 3 months. In cases of distal latency over 6 msec, and especially in those with complete motor conduction block, the latency remain within patological limits even 15 months after surgery. This may be explained either by a slower conduction of the regenerated fibres or by a persistent myelinic and axonal damage of the nerve.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009431:Neural Conduction
vernacular_title: La nostra esperienza clinica e neurofisiologica sulla sindrome del canale del carpo trattata chirurgicamente.