Danger of an unnecessarily prolonged dialysis session: carpal tunnel syndrome.
Ten patients of a population of 319 on chronic intermittent treatment with Cuprophan dialyzers have undergone surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Since 1971 the dialysis schedule for all patients has been 4 m2/h three times per week. All patients were anuric. The operated patients represent 16% of the total population. In comparison with a dialysis population in other units described in the literature (12), 8 m2/h performed three times per week, with similar dialysis aging and a CTS incidence of 47%, it appears that the duration of the dialysis session per se increases the frequency of CTS and leads to the problem of the consequences of blood membrane interaction.
D000328:Adult; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003956:Dialysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors