caa a22 4500 477106897 CHVBK 20180405111556.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01412313 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01412313 "Sympathy pains” in carpal tunnel syndrome [Elektronische Daten] [M. McLaughlin, F. Pizzi] Summary: We reviewed the records of all patients with carpal tunnel syndrome who underwent carpal tunnel release by the same neurosurgeon between 1980 and 1990. Of the total 102 patients, 71 patients (70%) had bilateral symptoms. Twenty-six patients in this group (37%) underwent bilateral surgery first on the more severely affected hand, and 1 month later on the contralateral hand. The remaining 45 patients with bilateral symptoms had surgery only on the more severely affected hand, contralateral surgery being withheld for various reasons. These 45 patients were sent follow-up questionnaires to evaluate the symptoms on the hand not treated surgically. The minimum follow up time after surgery was 14 months with an overall mean follow up of 5 years. Of the 33 respondents to the questionnaire, 15 patients stated that symptoms had disappeared in the non-operated hand, 4 said that their symptoms had improved, and 11 reported that symptoms had stayed the same. Three patients eventually underwent surgery on this previously non-operated hand. Thus, 58% of those who responded stated that; without surgery, the symptoms on their contralateral hand either improved or disappeared after surgery on the other hand. We suggest that simultaneous bilateral carpal tunnel surgery may be unnecessary for some patients with bilateral symptoms. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Carpal tunnel syndrome nationallicence chronic constrictive injury nationallicence neuropathic pain nationallicence nociceptive processing nationallicence McLaughlin M. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania aut Pizzi F. Division of Neurological Surgery, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey, USA aut Acta Neurochirurgica Springer-Verlag 138/9(1996-09-01), 1094-1098 0001-6268 138:9<1094 1996 138 701 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01412313 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01412313 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McLaughlin M. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pizzi F. Division of Neurological Surgery, St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Neurochirurgica Springer-Verlag 138/9(1996-09-01), 1094-1098 0001-6268 138:9<1094 1996 138 701 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer