Table 1 personal characteristics of the subjects
From: Carpal tunnel surgery: predictors of clinical outcomes and patients’ satisfaction
Variables | Frequency | Frequency percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 34 | 22.4 |
Female | 118 | 77.6 | |
Duration of symptoms | One year | 16 | 10.5 |
1–4 year | 123 | 80.9 | |
> four years | 13 | 8.6 | |
Electrophysiological severity | Mild | 8 | 5.3 |
Moderate | 72 | 47.4 | |
Sever | 72 | 47.4 | |
Involved side | Dominant | 106 | 69.7 |
Non dominant | 46 | 30.3 | |
Thenar muscle atrophy | Absent | 132 | 86.8 |
Present | 20 | 13.2 | |
Smoking | No | 129 | 84.9 |
Yes | 23 | 15.1 | |
Hypothyroidism | No | 143 | 94.1 |
Yes | 9 | 5.9 | |
Phalen test | Positive | 135 | 88.8 |
Negative | 17 | 11.2 | |
Tinel test | Positive | 140 | 92.1 |
Negative | 12 | 7.9 | |
Durkan test | Positive | 141 | 92.8 |
Negative | 11 | 7.2 | |
EMG abnormality | Absent | 137 | 90.1 |
Present | 15 | 9.9 | |
Monofilament test | Normal | 8 | 5.3 |
Diminished light touch | 50 | 32.9 | |
Diminished protective sensation | 92 | 60.5 | |
Loss of protective sensation | 2 | 1.3 | |
Loss of protective sensation | 2 | 1.3 | |
Previous carpal injection | Yes | 61 | 40.13 |
No | 91 | 59.86 | |