title: [Diagnosis, etiopathogenesis and therapy of carpal tunnel syndrome].
abstract: This is a retrospective study analyzing the operation records of 637 patients cured for carpal tunnel syndrome. No statistical difference could be demonstrated between the mean age of female compared to male. However a highly significant statistical difference between age distribution in between sex could be demonstrated (p = 0.0015). 61.3% of the female (male: 47.6%) are affected by the disease between 40 and 65 years and only 16.4% (male 27.6%) later on. Under 40 years of age both sex are affected in the same proportion. This confirms that hormonal factors related to sex play a major role in the etiology of this disease affecting mainly women (71%). On the contrary, combined pathology as tendovaginitis, ulnaris neuropathy at the elbow, synovitis bound to rheumatoid arthritis and epicondylitis were equally distributed between sex.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lacher
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sennwald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Zur Diagnose, Atiopathogenie und Therapie des Karpaltunnelsyndroms.