@article{article_414363, title={Examination of surgical and conservative treatment effects on depression of patients with moderate carpal tunnel syndrome}, journal={The European Research Journal}, volume={5}, pages={673–677}, year={2019}, DOI={10.18621/eurj.414363}, author={Güvenç, Kenan and İlik, Mustafa Kemal and İlik, Faik and Gönen, Murat and Kayhan, Fatih}, keywords={Carpal tunnel syndrome,surgical,conservative,depression}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Objective: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The aim of this study is to examine the outcomes of conservative and
surgical treatments of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome as well as the
effects of these two treatment options on depressive symptoms of these
patients. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Methods: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">A case-control study carried out from June 2015 to Fabruary 2016 and
111 moderate moderate carpal tunnel syndrome patients were included in the
study whose diagnosis was confirmed by electroneuromyography (ENMG). The 78 of
the patients had surgical treatment and 33 of them, who did not accept the
surgery, received steroids via injection and splinting technique was performed
for 8 weeks. Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire, quick disabilities of the arm,
shoulder and hand score and Beck Depression Invertory scales were applied six
months before and after treatments. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Results: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">It was detected that pain functional assessment scores and Beck
depression scores significantly recovered the disease in patients who had
surgical treatment compared to ones who had the conservative treatment. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Conclusions: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">It can be
concluded that surgical treatment plays a more active role in the recovery of
depressive symptoms in patients with moderate carpal tunnel syndrome.  </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Prusa Medical Publishing}