title: Carpal tunnel syndrome: a clinicopathologic study.
abstract: We evaluated 44 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and performed histological evaluations of tenosynovium taken at the time of carpal tunnel release. Age, disease and work history, radiographs, and outcome were assessed. The clinical parameters were then compared with the histologic features to determine if the histology was predictive of the clinical course of carpal tunnel syndrome. We found no significance in the histologic changes in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome when age, duration of symptoms, work history, radiographs, and outcome were evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Section of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor 48109-0328, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies