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- - The study investigates the occurrence of multiple nerve compression syndromes in one arm, focusing on surgical treatments and identifying risk factors among patients treated between 2011 and 2021.
- - Results showed that 2.9% of patients had multiple decompressions within a year, with risk factors being severe symptoms, younger age, and smoking, while treatment outcomes for combined carpal and cubital tunnel surgeries were similar to single procedures.
- - Patients who underwent simultaneous surgeries returned to work in about 6 weeks, slightly longer than those with individual surgeries who returned in 4 weeks, suggesting that simultaneous treatment is beneficial for those with both conditions.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Multiple nerve compression syndromes can co-occur. Little is known about this coexistence, especially about risk factors and surgical outcomes. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the prevalence of multiple nerve compression syndromes in the same arm in a surgical cohort and determine risk factors. Additionally, the surgical outcomes of concomitant treatment were studied.
Methods: The prevalence of surgically treated multiple nerve compression syndromes within one year was assessed using a review of patients' electronic records. Patient characteristics, comorbidities, and baseline scores of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire were considered as risk factors. To determine the treatment outcomes of simultaneous treatment, patients who underwent concomitant carpal tunnel release (CTR) and cubital tunnel release (CubTR) were selected. The treatment outcomes were Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire scores at intake and at 3 and 6 months after the surgery, satisfaction 6 months after the surgery, and return to work within the first year.
Results: A total of 7,867 patients underwent at least one nerve decompression between 2011 and 2021. Of these patients, 2.9% underwent multiple decompressions for the same upper extremity within one year. The risk factors for this were severe symptoms, younger age, and smoking. Furthermore, the treatment outcomes of concomitant CTR and CubTR did not differ from those of CubTR alone. The median time to return to work after concomitant treatment was 6 weeks. Patients who underwent CTR or CubTR alone returned to work after 4 weeks.
Conclusions: Approximately 3% of the patients who underwent surgical treatment for nerve compression syndrome underwent decompression for another nerve within 1 year. Patients who report severe symptoms at intake, are younger, or smoke are at a greater risk. Patients with carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome may benefit from simultaneous decompression. The time to return to work may be less than if they underwent decompressions in separate procedures, whereas their surgical outcomes are comparable with those of CubTR alone.
Type Of Study/level Of Evidence: Therapeutic IV.
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