Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgical Outcomes in Mosul Teaching Hospital

Abstract

Objectives:  To  evaluate  the  surgical  outcomes  in  term  of  clinical improvement and complications.
Type of study: Prospective study in Mosul teaching hospital   department of neurosurgery from 1-6-2017 to 1-1-2019.
Patients and methods: include 160 patients  treated by open surgical release. Inclusion criteria: patient with clinical features of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) , pre-operative Electromyography (EMG)  evidence of CTS , failure of medical treatment  and open surgical decompression was the adopted operation .Follow up period for 6 months, visual analogue  pain scale, relieve of parasthesia and improvement of motor activity of hand had adopted as Satisfactory result . 
Results: There were 142 female, 18 male, mean age 41.6 years. 
103 patient were right sided, 47 left sided and 10 patient were bilateral. EMG results were 118 severe, 35 moderate while 7 were mild. 
All patients had satisfactory results except 10 patients post-operativly . Conclusions: The open surgical treatment is safe, effective and produces excellent results in the surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome .