Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography compared with nerve conduction studies in carpal tunnel syndrome
Aysu Çetiner Şeker, Ayşe Oytun Bayrak · 2026
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Description
Carpal tunnel syndrome squeezes the wrist's main nerve, and the reference test, electrical nerve studies, is uncomfortable and slow to book. Aysu Çetiner Şeker and Ayşe Oytun Bayrak tested whether ultrasound could stand in. They scanned 136 wrists from seventy-six patients and compared the images against the electrical results, measuring the nerve's cross-section and the thumb muscles it feeds.
A nerve area threshold sorted patients with about ninety percent accuracy on both sides, sensitivity and specificity alike, and the overall discrimination was excellent. Thumb muscle thinning also flagged the syndrome, especially in advanced stages. The authors back ultrasound as a reliable, painless first test for this common condition, while calling for multi-centre studies to fix standard cut-offs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aysu Çetiner Şeker, Ayşe Oytun Bayrak |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |