01201nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001500051653001000066653002700076653001100103653001200114653000900126100001300135700001200148245011900160300001000279490000600289050001500295520064700310022001400957       1984                            d  c198410aAdolescent10aAdult10aCarpal Tunnel Syndrome10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale1 aChaise F1 aSedel L00a[Evaluation of carpal tunnel and subepineural pressures in leprous neuropathies of the median nerve at the wrist].  a271-40 v3  aCHAISE19843 a<p>The authors measured the carpal tunnel and intraneural pressures with a soft catheter in fifteen cases of leprous neuritis of the median nerve at the wrist. In the carpal tunnel, the pressure was about 40 mm of mercury, while within the nerve, the pressure was about 25 mm of mercury. In five healthy male volunteers, the same pressures were measured: the results were much lower (2 to 4 mm of mercury). The authors call attention to the high pressures found in acute leprous neuritis. They conclude that the sooner a surgical procedure (careful neurolysis) is performed, the better the results, before irreparable nerve damage occurs.</p>  a0753-9053