Median to ulnar nerve comparison on diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy – A neurophysiological study
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Background and purpose – To analyze the utility of median nerve (MN) to ulnar nerve (UN) comparative parameters on the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in diabetic patients with distal symmetrical sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSMPNP). Methods – Patients who were referred to our electroneuromyography laboratory within the last two years were included. We compared the diagnostic accuracy values of traditional MN conduction parameters, and the MN-to-UN comparative tests on electrodiagnosis of CTS between the patients with DSMPNP involving the nerves of upper and lower extremities (UEI-positive group), and the ones without the involvement of upper extremities (UEI-negative group). Results – There were 64 upper extremities in the UEI-positive group and 70 patients in the UEI-negative group. The most accurate traditional parameter was MN distal motor latency (DML) with a diagnostic accuracy of 70.2% whereas the most accurate comparative technique was the second lumbricalinterosseous DML difference (2L-INT DMLD) with an accuracy of 81.3%. (p=0.03). In addition, when compared diagnostic accuracy values of MN parameters with their corresponding comparative parameters in the UEI-positive group which carries the major diagnostic challenges for detecting co-morbid CTS, MN to UN minimum F wave latency (mFWL) difference, SNAP amplitude ratio on the ring finger (RF), and 2L-INT DMLD had higher accuracy values than MN mFWL, MN SNAP amplitude on RF, and MN DML on lumbrical muscle, respectively (p<0.05 for all comparisons). Conclusion – MN to UN comparative studies have high accuracy values in electrodiagnosis of CTS in DSMPNP. In particular, 2L-INT DMLD could be helpful to overcome the diagnostic difficulty in the presence of UEI as an additional conduction technique.
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关键词：
CARPAL tunnel syndrome UNITED Nations ULNAR nerve MEDIAN nerve POLYNEUROPATHIES PEOPLE with diabetes FORELIMB
DOI：
10.18071/isz.76.0115
年份：
2023
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