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Functional Outcomes Following Open Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery: A Comparative Study Between Patients with and Without Diabetes Using the QuickDASH Scores
2023-04-05
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<h4>Purpose: </h4> Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a neuropathological disorder, is the most common upper limb manifestation; it affects 6.7% of the general population and leads to medical costs of approximately half a billion dollars per year in the United States. The clinical symptoms of CTS include pain, numbness, tingling, autonomic disturbances, and weakness. There is controversy regarding diabetes as a risk fa...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 47224374-df81-5eb9-9077-707b86b910db
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2715031/v1
