Comparison of early clinical outcome in carpal tunnel release - mini-open technique with palmar incision vs. endoscopic technique with wrist crease incision-

Table 1 Patient characteristics

variables	Mini-OCTR group (n = 16)		ECTR group (n = 17)		P-value
Sex	4 males, 12 females		7males, 10females		0.465
Dominant	10		7		0.303
	Average	95%CI	Average	95%CI
Age (year-old)	71.6	5.35	66.6	7.20	0.515
Disease duration (months)	15.9	10.1	10.7	3.31	0.598
Preoperative SCV (m/sec)	23.2	6.26	16.4	7.79	0.360
Preoperative DL (msec)	7.42	1.41	7.91	1.30	0.504

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