EVOLUCIÓN DE LA SINTOMATOLOGIA EN LA DESCOMPRESIÓN DEL NERVIO MEDIANO A NIVEL DE LA MUÑECA POSTCIRUGÍA EN EL AREA DE CIRUGÍA PLÁSTICA DEL HOSPITAL TEODORO MALDONADO CARBO, 2014-2015

Abstract

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a pathology not very well known by the patients, is overlook and allows the progress of it up to the point of functional dissability, and in many cases, including days off work. If this pathology is evaluated early in its evolution with sensitivity, pain, paresthesia, strength and muscular atrophy tests it can have a surgical treatment that is simple and in a ambulatory setting, it can avoid symptoms, complications and secuelae. This reasearch objective was to evaluate the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome before and after the surgical procedure, which involves the decompression of the Median nerve with a follow up in 3 and 6 months. This study was an observational type, random and progressional . It include a group of patients that were seen in the outpatient clinic of the Plastic Surgery Department at the IESS Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, with an stablished diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome but without any surgical procedure done. The conclusion was that the symptoms can be control and show a progressively improvement after the decompression of the Median nerve, providing satisfaction to the patient and allowing daily tasks. The recommendation is to give prevention of this pathology, requesting to the appropiate health authorities to provide a closer health control to the patients, and train physicians from the public and private system for early detection and triage.