title: Carpal tunnel syndrome - anatomical and clinical correlations.
abstract: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common and widely known of the entrapment neuropathies in which the body's peripheral nerves are compressed. Common symptoms of CTS involve the hand and result from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel. In general, CTS develops when the tissues around the median nerve irritate or compress on the nerve along its course through the carpal tunnel, however often it is very difficult to determine cause of CTS. Proper treatment (conservative or surgical) usually can relieve the symptoms and restore normal use of the wrist and hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. tomasz.iskra@uj.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iskra
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mizia
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Musial
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matuszyk
authors.forename: Krzysztof A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Tomaszewski
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors