Impact of smoking and preoperative electrophysiology on outcome after open carpal tunnel release.
Erik DahlinMalin ZimmermanAnders BjörkmanNiels O B ThomsenGert S AnderssonLars B DahlinPublished in: Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery (2016)
Smokers with carpal tunnel syndrome experience more symptoms preoperatively. Smokers have remaining symptoms after surgery. There is no correlation between preoperative QuickDASH scores and preoperative electrophysiology values. Patients with normal or near to normal preoperative electrophysiology results have limited improvement after surgery.