The carpal tunnel syndrome is a bilateral disorder.

@article{Bagatur2001TheCT,
  title={The carpal tunnel syndrome is a bilateral disorder.},
  author={Ali Erdem Bagatur and Gazi Zorer},
  journal={The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume},
  year={2001},
  volume={83 5},
  pages={
          655-8
        }
}

• Ali Erdem Bagatur, Gazi Zorer
• Published in
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British…
  2001

We studied, retrospectively, 131 patients who had undergone an open operation for the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in 229 hands. The symptoms were present on both sides in 59% of patients when first seen. Neurophysiological impairment of the median nerve was observed in 66% of the asymptomatic hands, and 73% of patients in this group developed symptoms of CTS after the opposite side had been operated on. Follow-up of patients with unilateral CTS showed that the subsequent development of disease… CONTINUE READING

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