Background Carpal tunnel syndrome is an extremely common condition in the general
population. Nonoperative treatment is a mainstay of management prior to surgical carpal …

Carpal tunnel release (CTR) is the most performed surgery of the upper extremity. It is
effective but not without complications. This state-of-the-art review covers most common intra …

Purpose Procedure rooms (PRs) are increasingly used for hand surgeries, but few studies
have directly compared surgical site infection (SSI) rates between the PR and operating …

Introduction: Many of the guidelines that are generally accepted as main operating room
best practices are not evidence based. They are based on the concept that if some sterility is …

Background Peripheral nerve decompression (PND) is generally safe, and newer
techniques allow frail patients to undergo PND at less common sites. Current literature …

Background: Patients who have had a corticosteroid injection at the surgical site within 90
days of trigger finger release (TFR) or carpal tunnel release (CTR) have an elevated risk of …

Purpose This study aimed to determine whether an increasing number of preoperative
corticosteroid injections is associated with greater radiographic subsidence of the thumb …

Background: Corticosteroid injection (CSI) has a relatively high benefit-to-risk ratio and is
commonly administered to treat musculoskeletal conditions. However, perioperative CSI has …

Background Carpal tunnel syndrome can be treated with corticosteroid injections (CIs) and
surgery. In this systematic review, the influence of previous CI on different postoperative …

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common disorders in
hand surgery. Nevertheless, the optimum method for diagnosis remains controversial. A …