title: [Research progress of treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the progress in the treatment method of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Recent literature concerning the treatment method of CTS was extensively reviewed, analyzed, and summarized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Wrist splinting and local steroid injection are effective in patients with mild to moderate CTS in the short-term, however, patients with recurrent CTS have to accept surgical treatment. The main operative patterns include open carpal tunnel release (OCTR), mini-OCTR, and endoscopic carpal tunnel release.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The final conclusion of the most effective method to treat CTS needs more clinical researches, and surgical treatment is one method recommended by some scholars.
authors.affiliation: No.2 Department of Hand Surgery, the Second Hospital of Tangshan, Affiliated Orthopedic Hospital of North China Coal Medical University, Tangshan Hebei, 063000, PR China.
authors.forename: Shiming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Shunhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans