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July 2011 Draft I INTRODUCTION 1 II HISTORY TAKING AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 1 III LABORATORY TESTING 3 IV ESTABLISHING WORK RELATEDNESS 3 V MAKING THE DIAGNOSIS. S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service National Institutes of Health Carpal Tunnel Syndrome brPage 3br Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Youre working at your desk trying to ignore the tingling o S Department of Health and Human Services Office on Womens Health Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome CTS is the name for a group of problems that includes swelling pain tingling and loss of strength S Department of Health and Human Services Office on Womens Health Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome CTS is the name for a group of problems that includes swelling pain tingling and loss of strength -Surag Khadka. Contents. Anatomy. Borders and Contents. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Causes. Signs and Symptoms. Diagnostic tests. Management and Treatment. Anatomy; Border. 8 Carpal Bones. So Long To Pinkie, Here Comes The Thumb. Surgery involves relieving the pressure on the nerve by dividing the transverse carpal ligament and releasing the median nerve. This is usually carried out as a day case under local anaesthetic (you a Kailey Butler. What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?. Carpal . tunnel syndrome is a hand and . wrist . condition that causes numbness, . pain, and tingling. Carpal . tunnel syndrome is caused by a pinched nerve in your wrist. Further information on carpal tunnel syndrome is available online at It’s a condition that affects the carpal tunnel - a narrow passage in the wrist, formed by the wrist bones (which make up the Anatomy. Distribution. Signs & Symptoms. Pain – Worse at night. Paraesthesia. – Sparing the . Thenar. Eminence. Weakness and Atrophy of . Thenar. Muscles. Aetiology. Intermittent or sustained high tissue pressure in the Carpal tunnel impairs . Maybe you experience clumsiness in handling objects and sometimes you feel a pain that goes up the arm to as high as the shoulder. . These may be the symptoms of. . carpal tunnel syndrome. Let’s learn more about this common health problem. Pathophysiology/epidemiology. Caused by compression of median nerve. Can cause edema, devascularization, demyelination. Myriad factors contribute to development. Irritation of flexor tendons, rheumatoid arthritis, congenital deformity of retinaculum. C ARP AL TUNNEL S YNDROME Consultant Hand Surgeon, Chennai Hand surgery centre Professor of Orthopaedics, SRMC, Chennai Definitio n : It i s a symptomatic compression neuropathy of the median nerv the bmj | 8 November 2014 27 symptoms without treatment has not been satisfactorily resolved. How is it diagnosed? The diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome is a clinical one that ma �� &#x/Att;¬he; [/;ott;&#xom ];&#x/BBo;&#xx [4; 47;&#x.029; 54;.74; 11;.03;i ];&#x/Sub;&#xtype;&#x /Fo;&#xoter;&#x /Ty;&#xpe /;&#xPagi;&#xnati;&#xon A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL. DR ANUPAMA TANDON . DR ANINDITA BOSE. DR SIDDHARTH MAHESHWARI DR ADITYA . N AGGARWAL DR GOPESH MEHROTRA. Department of Radiology and Orthopedics . University College Of Medical Sciences And Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.