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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Data on carpal tunnel syndrome described by researchers at University of Paris

Published in Telemedicine Week, October 13th, 2009

"The purpose of this study was to retrospectively determine the accuracy of MRI in identification of the morphologic features of median nerve dysfunction after surgical release of the median nerve for carpal tunnel syndrome. Two blinded readers independently evaluated axial 1.5-T MR images for retinacular regrowth, morphologic characteristics of the median nerve, and presence of mass effect, fibrosis, and carpal tunnel decompression," scientists writing in the American Journal of Roentgenology report.

"All 47 patients (I I men, 36 women mean age, 55 years; range, 27-81 years) had undergone open surgical release of the median nerve for carpal tunnel syndrome....

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