Wide Awake Open Carpal Tunnel Release With or Without a Tourniquet

Launched by REGION SKANE · Dec 7, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at a common surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, which is a condition that causes pain and numbness in the hand due to pressure on a nerve. The study aims to find out whether using a tourniquet (a device to restrict blood flow) during the surgery causes more pain or affects how well patients recover afterward. Participants will be randomly assigned to have the surgery either with a tourniquet or with a different method using local anesthesia that includes adrenaline.

To be eligible for this trial, participants must be 18 years or older and have symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome without having had similar surgeries before. They should not have certain conditions like previous surgeries on the same hand or specific nerve disorders. The trial is not yet open for recruitment, but it offers a chance for people to potentially help improve surgical options for carpal tunnel syndrome by sharing their experiences.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Primary idiopathic CTS
• • Age 18 or older
• • Symptoms of classic or probable carpal tunnel syndrome according to Katz hand diagram
• • No previous wide awake hand surgical procedures under local anesthesia
• • No planned concomitant procedures
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome
• • Vibration induced neuropathy
• • Polyneuropathy
• • Cognitive impairment
• • Anxiety disorder
• • Swedish language insufficiency
• • Active substance abuse
• • Allergy to local anesthesia or adrenaline
• • Patient refusal to participate