Table 1.
Patient demographics
Mini-incision release | Extended release | |
---|---|---|
Severe CTS cases, (gender) | 70 (male, 30; female, 40) | 64 (male, 29; female, 35) |
Number of patients, (gender) | 58 (male, 24; female, 34) | 56 (male, 26; female, 30) |
Mean age at time of surgery, years (range) | 62 (34–89) | 65 (22–89) |
Mean motor EMG onset (ms) | 7.54 | 7.91 |
Cases with no response on motor EMG (percentage) | 8 (11.4) | 9 (14.1) |
Patients with diabetes mellitus | 13 | 13 |