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.
BT - Annales de chirurgie de la main : organe officiel des societes de chirurgie de la main C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6529308?dopt=Abstract CN - CHAISE1984 DA - 1984 DO - 10.1016/s0753-9053(84)80049-6 IS - 3 J2 - Ann Chir Main LA - fre N2 -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.
PY - 1984 SP - 271 EP - 4 T2 - Annales de chirurgie de la main : organe officiel des societes de chirurgie de la main TI - [Evaluation of carpal tunnel and subepineural pressures in leprous neuropathies of the median nerve at the wrist]. VL - 3 SN - 0753-9053 ER -