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September 23, 2013
Curing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Could Cure Your Insomnia Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can often lead to pain and discomfort when trying to sleep, causing you to lose valuable hours of rest. How Insomnia Impacts Your Employees and Productivity According to Business Week (September ’12 and September 18, 2011), $63.2 billion of value…
September 16, 2013
Dermal Allograft Use in Massive Rotator Cuff Repair “Human Dermal Allograft Interposition for Reconstruction of Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears,” by Venouzioua Kokkalis, ZT, and Sotereanos, DG, American Journal of Orthopaedics, February 2013, pages 63-70. This is a small retrospective study involving 14 patients in the average of 54-1/2 years…
September 10, 2013
Greater Risk of Pain and Dysfunction After Open Carpal Tunnel Release The article so entitled by Boya et al. published in Muscle and Nerve, November 2008, Volume 38, pages 1443-1446, pointed out the frequent postoperative problems after open carpal tunnel release such as persistent weakness, pillar pain (deep-seated ache or…
September 9, 2013
A high rate of pregnancy-related CTS was highlighted in an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in 1983, vol 128, indicating that 25% of 1000 consecutive postpartum women experienced CTS during pregnancy; 3/4 of them that experienced this had bilateral symptoms. Half of the multigravidas had had similar symptoms…
September 2, 2013
Pain Between the Thumb and Index Finger Ache experienced in the first dorsal web space of the hand, i.e. the area between the thumb and the index metacarpal, is not a common complaint. Once arthritis and ulnar nerve entrapment have been excluded the pain occurring in this area may be…
