title: Electrophysiologic evaluation for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with angioaccess for haemodialysis.
abstract: The corrected distal motor latency along the median nerve in 50 upper limbs with the forearm Cimino-Brescia fistula for haemodialysis, when compared to that of the contralateral limb and the control value, showed no evidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) ascribed to angioaccess. Haemodialysis-associated CTS seems to be related to the predisposing factors, rather than the haemodynamic effects of the arteriovenous fistula or dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Unit, Seventh April Hospital, Benghazi, Libya.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Maloo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Dardef
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bubtana
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D006435:Renal Dialysis