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Post-Operative Splinting After Short-Incision Carpal Tunnel Release: a Prospective Study

NCT01897272 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This research study is for patients who are schedule to have carpal tunnel release surgery. The investigators have developed this study in order to determine if post-operative splinting is effective in improvement of patient outcomes after this surgical procedure. The study is being conducted under the direction of Huey Tien, MD. The purpose of this study is to determine if post-operative splinting is effective in improving patient outcomes after having short-incision carpal tunnel release. The investigators will randomize each patient into group 1, splinting after surgery or group 2 no splinting after surgery. Each group will have the same outcome measurements done to determine the best outcome of the two groups.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Splinting

One group will have their wrist splinted after their carpal tunnel release surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Huey Tien, MD · Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery

  • Millicent L Horn, BS · Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2019-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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