| Reference |
Symptoms <= 3 months |
Symptoms > 3 months |
Return to work / ADL |
Complications |
| Eichhorn 2003 |
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Mean overall severity score (scale 1‐6) after > 1 year: ECTR 2.1; mini incision 2.2. |
Not assessed. |
None. Recurrences: ECTR 2%, mini‐incision 14%. Need for repeated surgery ECTR 2%, mini‐incision 9%. |
| Mackenzie 2000 |
No quantitative data presented. |
Not assessed. |
Not assessed. |
1 pillar pain in each group. |
| Rab 2006 |
At 12 weeks: mean symptom severity score (Levine) ECTR 14.7; modified OCTR 16.8 (P = 0.27). Mean functional status score (Levine) ECTR 10.3; modified OCTR 12.3 (P = 0.16). Pain (VAS) ECTR 0.3; modified OCTR 1.7 (P = 0.10). |
At 12 months: mean symptom severity score (Levine) ECTR 14.0; modified OCTR 12.8 (P = 0.49). Mean functional status score (Levine) ECTR 11.1; modified OCTR 9.9 (P = 0.39). Pain (VAS) ECTR 0.6; modified OCTR 0.2 (P = 0.43). |
Not assessed. |
None. |
| Wong 2003 |
Statistically significant difference in reduction of wound pain at 2 and 4 weeks in favour of ECTR, but not after 8 and 16 weeks. |
At 12 months: complete relief or minimal symptoms ECTR 27/30 hands (90%); modified OCTR 27/29 hands (93%). Preference for ECTR 6, modified OCTR 13; no preference 10. |
Not Assessed. |
None. |
