Wrist Involvement & Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Wrist Involvement & Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
QUOTE (1992)- "A case of Lyme arthritis with advanced degenerative changes localized to the midcarpal joint was treated with a limited wristarthrodesis with relief of pain and improved function."
J Hand Surg Am. 1992 May;17(3):571-5.
1 Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison.
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QUOTE (1989)- "Neurophysiologic evidence of median nerve entrapment in the carpal tunnel was present in 25% of patients with late Lyme borreliosis. ...
Nineteen reported intermittent hand paresthesias; 17 had neurophysiologically confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome.
This was not consistently associated with clinically apparent wrist arthritis or with neurophysiologically evident peripheral neuropathy. We conclude that a significant proportion of patients with late Lyme borreliosis develop carpal tunnel syndrome."
Muscle Nerve. 1989 May;12(5):397-400.
Halperin JJ1, Volkman DJ, Luft BJ, Dattwyler RJ.
1 Department of Neurology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.
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