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标题：Why do we know so little about return to work after carpal tunnel release?
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作者：Viikari-Juntura E
期刊名称：Scandinavian journal of Work, Environment and Health
印刷版ISSN：0355-3140
出版年度：2018
卷号：44
期号：6
页码：555-556
DOI：10.5271/sjweh.3771
语种：English
出版社：National Board of Occupational Safety and Health
摘要：Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common nerve entrapment with a prevalence ranging between 2.7–4.9%,depending on the definition, in a representative adult population (1). Among a pooled analysis of US work-ing populations, prevalence of electrodiagnostically verified CTS was 7.8% and incidence rate 2.3 per 100person-years (2), while in an Italian working population the incidence rate was 1.4 per 100 person-years (3). Thelifetime prevalence of carpal tunnel release (CTR) has been estimated at 3.1% and incidence rate at 1.73 per1000 person-years in a normal population (4), and somewhat higher (3.35–2.98 per 1000 person-years duringan eight-year follow-up) in a population of working age (5), suggesting that a considerable proportion of thosewith CTS undergo surgical treatment. CTR is an effective treatment to relieve the symptoms of CTS in both theshort- and long-term (6).
关键词：carpal tunnel; carpal tunnel release; carpal tunnel syndrome; CTS; editorial; elective hand surgery; return to work; return-to-work; RTW; sick leave; sickness absence; sickness absence