Relationship between median nerve vascularization before tourniquet release and the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire: a cohort study

Alejandro Liñan-Padilla; Alejandro Berlanga-Porras; Isidro Jiménez

doi:10.1177/17531934241248066

Relationship between median nerve vascularization before tourniquet release and the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire: a cohort study

J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2024 Apr 20:17531934241248066. doi: 10.1177/17531934241248066. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Alejandro Liñan-Padilla¹, Alejandro Berlanga-Porras¹, Isidro Jiménez²

Affiliations

¹ Hand Surgery Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe, Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

PMID: 38641942
DOI: 10.1177/17531934241248066

Abstract

The results of this study suggest that a decreased vascularization of the median nerve after releasing the carpal tunnel predicts an inferior clinical improvement assessed by the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.

Keywords: Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire; Tourniquet; carpal tunnel; nerve; vascularity.