title: Endoscopic carpal tunnel release in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis.
abstract: This study evaluated the clinical results of endoscopic carpal tunnel release in carpal tunnel syndrome caused by long-term hemodialysis and compared the results with that of idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. Operations were done in 32 patients (60 hands) with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome and in eight patients (15 hands) with carpal tunnel syndrome resulting from long-term hemodialysis. There was no significant difference in findings of preoperative evaluations and postoperative clinical results between the two groups, except for a difference with the patient satisfaction score with surgery on a visual analogue scale. The mean satisfaction score was 9.0 at 6 months, 9.3 at 1 year, and 9.5 at the 2-year followup in the group of patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. However, in the group of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome resulting from long-term hemodialysis, the mean satisfaction score was 8.5 at 6 months, 8.2 at 1 year, and 6.5 at the 2-year followup. The score began to decrease at an average of 17.2 months after surgery. Long-term hemodialysis related carpal tunnel syndrome showed satisfactory short-term clinical results until approximately 1.5 years after the operation. After that time, the symptoms tended to deteriorate in 50% of the patients who received hemodialysis continuously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012008:Recurrence; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome