Surgical Options of CTS

Comparing the Open Carpal Tunnel release with Mini Incision Carpal Tunnel Release in the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20191019045155N3

Enrollment

Registered

2020-02-15

Start date

2015-09-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-02-24

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Conditions

Carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome, unspecified upper limb

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: A skin incision is made extending from Kaplan’s cardinal line distally to beyond the wrist crease proximally. The transverse carpal ligament is reached through th

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Positive Tinel’s Electrodiagnostic findings of moderate to severe CTS Weakness and atrophy of the thenar muscle Nocturnal paresthesia Numbness Positive Phalen’s sign

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: other Peripheral Neuropathies

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining and using VAS method to measure their pain.;Satisfaction. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining and questioner.;Return to work. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining and questioner.;Grip strength. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining.;Opposition strength. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining.;Length of scar. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining.	—

Measure

Time frame

Pain. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining and using VAS method to measure their pain.;Satisfaction. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining and questioner.;Return to work. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining and questioner.;Grip strength. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining.;Opposition strength. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining.;Length of scar. Timepoint: The patients were visited the day after operation and also after 5 months post-operation. Method of measurement: by visiting the patients, examining.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactJalaluddin Khoshnevis

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

pr_shohada@sbmu.ac.ir+98 21 25719

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026