Ulnar Nerve Injury Following Open Carpal Tunnel Release: A Case Report
Hello
We are against any surgery to address a painful symptom not the cause. We have seen it, time and time again that it causes harm and other complications and problems, even when the surgery is done perfectly.
With some of our patients, the problem they went for surgery for might be better, but problems arise from us having the surgery.
This week are going to look at a case study by a surgeon whose patient washarmed in the surgery causing complications.
The case study is called “Ulnar Nerve Injury Following Open Carpal Tunnel Release: A Case Report”.
They say “we present a case of carpal tunnel decompression, which was complicated by ulnar nerve palsy, which exacerbated a pre-existing chronic ulnar nerve injury. We also explore the possible causes that may have led to this outcome.”
If I was considering having surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, I would already be worried.
“Ten days post-surgery, while changing the dressing, thesurgeon found a hematomain the palmar half closer to the wrist, which could lead to compression over the area. It healed over the next month (Figure 1). Moreover, the patient complained of an inability to abduct fingers. As the dressing was slowly taken off over three weeks, she noticed it evolving into generalized weakness in the hypothenar region, with tingling and pain. Moreover, the hand would naturally fall into a claw-like position when resting.”
It sounds like the problemstarted almost immediately following surgery.Imagine being unable to open your hand and spread your fingers wide. And when you aren’t using your hand, it naturally falls into a claw position. All the while you went in to have a problem fixed.
This is what it looks like.
DO you see how much wasting has happened to the muscles in the hand?
They did not mention in the case study how they fixed it. They only spoke about how it got much worse, and the problem moved up the arm into the hand.
If this is something you could develop if you have carpal tunnel surgery. Would you take on that risk?
Or do you want to try something else?
Jason
