SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF CARPAL-TUNNEL SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

Outcome after carpal tunnel surgery was studied retrospectively in 32 patients with peripheral neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome. Noctur nal paresthesias were almost universally relieved, followed in order o f responsiveness by pain, numbness, and weakness. Twenty-five of 28 pa tients said they would have the surgery again if the outcome were the same. Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and peripheral neuropathy b enefit from surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.