This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information:
verify here.

Rewarding for
you and us
Defeat Diabetes Foundation

Defeat Diabetes
Foundation
150 153rd Ave,
Suite 300
Madeira Beach, FL 33708

Surgery Effective in Diabetics with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Based on the study results, physicians should consider surgery as a viable treatment for diabetic patients with symptomatic CTS.

compression of the median nerve, the nerve that passes from the forearm to the palm.

Hee-Kyu Kwon, M.D, Ph.D., (Korea University Hospital in Seoul) and her research colleagues conducted a study to compare the outcomes of CTS release surgery in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Two groups who received CTS release-one group with diabetes , the second without-were evaluated using several electrodiagnostic tests. Physicians use electrodiagnostic procedures to diagnose problems created when the electrical signals within nerves and muscles become weakened or stop altogether.

No meaningful difference between the two groups was found. The authors concluded that, based on these results, physicians should consider surgery as a viable treatment for diabetic patients with symptomatic CTS. The results of the study were presented at the 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine in Savannah, Georgia, November 3-6, 2004.

Source: Diabetes In Control.com