Findings on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Reported by Investigators at CHA University (Carpal Tunnel Release Can Be a Risk Factor for Trigger Finger: National Health Insurance Data Analysis): Nervous System Diseases and Conditions – Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

2022 FEB 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Information Technology Business Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Nervous System Diseases and Conditions - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. According to news reporting originating in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “We aimed to compare trigger finger (TF) development between patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) treated with carpal tunnel release (CTR) and those treated conservatively, using the National Health Insurance Services data of Korea. We also aimed to investigate risk factors for post-CTR TF development.”

Financial support for this research came from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIT).

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from CHA University, “We selected CTS patients with or without CTR (3543 patients in each group) between 2002 and 2015. Sex, age, follow-up duration after CTS diagnosis, and comorbidities associated with TF-development were matched using propensity score. We compared the rates of TF diagnosis and subsequent TF operations between groups. Thereafter, we selected patients with CTS undergoing CTR, for whom minimum follow-up exceeded five years. We compared sex, age, height, weight, and comorbidities associated with TF risk factors between the TF-occurrence and non-TF-occurrence groups. On comparing CTR-treated patients with those treated conservatively for CTS, CTR-treated patients presented with significantly higher rates of TF diagnosis (12.2%) and TF operations (4.7%) than patients without CTR (6.2% and 1.2%, respectively). Among 433 TF-diagnosed patients and 166 TF-operated patients after CTR, most were identified < 5 years after CTR, with 379 diagnosed (87.5%) and 147 operated (88.5%) patients. A total of 240 patients presented with newly developed TF over a five year period. Patients with subsequent TF exhibited a higher female sex rate and shorter height. None of the variables was significant risk factors for TF development in logistic regression analysis. We confirmed high incidences of post-CTR TF diagnosis and operations.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “TF develops most frequently in the first postoperative year.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Carpal Tunnel Release Can Be a Risk Factor for Trigger Finger: National Health Insurance Data Analysis. International Orthopaedics, 2022. International Orthopaedics can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States. (Springer - www.springer.com; International Orthopaedics - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0341-2695/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Soonchul Lee, CHA University, CHA Bundang Medical Center, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Seongnam Si 13496, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Hyun Il Lee, Jun-Ku Lee, Siyeong Yoon, Inseok Jang, Bo Sung Jung and Jun Hee Cho.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-022-05312-5. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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