Abstract
Patients with end-stage renal disease, undergoing hemodialysis, have been shown to have an increased prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome. From mid-1981 through 1986, 21 patients undergoing hemodialysis were operated on for 33 cases of clinically diagnosed entrapment of the median and/or ulnar nerves, including 14 extremities with functioning vascular access. All patients report improvement in symptoms and function in the affected extremity. Preoperative tourniquet use did not have a permanent adverse effect on any access site. Electrophysiologic studies were not reliable predictors of clinically resolvable nerve entrapment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 897-900 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Hand Surgery |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1989 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine