title: [Electrophysiological testing of carpal tunnel syndrome complex treatment results at patients with increased risk of median nerve entrapment mononeuropathy at the wrist].
abstract: Electrophysiological testing of sensory and motor fibers of entrapped median nerve allows to assess objectively the degree of median nerve impairment in carpal tunnel syndrome. The median nerve conduction study confirms the clinical diagnosis, especially in patients where symptoms are not obvious. Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by compression of the median nerve at the wrist. Due to the fact that there are many predisposing factors increasing risk of median nerve mononeuropathy at the wrist, this syndrome is very common. Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome may be long-lasting. In order to be curative, it needs to be complex, both in mild and advanced cases and requires medical personnel to take an individual approach to the patient.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Neurologii z Pododdzialem Udarowym, 7 Szpital Marynarki Wojennej, Gdańsk-Oliwa. dorbi@op.pl
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biesek
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szabat
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magdziak
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pilecka
mesh_terms: D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D014953:Wrist / Q000294:innervation