Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Flaschka, G; Eder, H; Müllegger, G; Gindl, HK.
Follow-up results of surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in local anesthesia.
Zentralbl Neurochir. 1991; 52(3): 123-125.
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- Eder Hans
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- Abstract:
- Of 107 patients (121 hands) operated for carpal tunnel syndrome at the University Clinic of Neurosurgery, Graz 99 patients were operated in local anesthesia. 82 patients (94 hands) came for follow-up examinations. After an average observation period of 19 months, the patients judged the postoperative results as follows (without regard to possible additional diseases): 78 hands (83%) "excellent" or "good", 13 hands (13.8%) "improved," and 3 "unchanged" (3.2%). On the basis of these results, the low stress for the patient, and the minimal rate of complications due to anesthesia, we recommend local anesthesia for surgical treatment of CTS.
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