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Quality of life effects of pain from para-lumbar- and lower extremity entrapment syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome and comparison of the effectiveness of surgery

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Abstract

Introduction

We compared the preoperative quality of life (QOL) of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, lower extremity-, and para-lumbar entrapment syndrome, and the effect of surgery on their QOL.

Patients and methods

We prospectively enrolled 66 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (group 1, n = 23), lower extremity entrapment syndrome (group 2, n = 22), and para-lumbar entrapment syndrome (group 3, n = 21). Their pre- and postoperative overall health status was assessed on the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 Health Survey, v2 (SF-36).

Results

Except for the mental component summary, the preoperative score for items rated on the SF-36 was significantly lower in group 3 than in groups 1 and 2 (p < 0.05). In all 66 patients, the scores for bodily pain (BP) and the physical component summary (PCS) were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than the national standard, as was the score for physical functioning (PF) in groups 2 and 3. After surgery, PF of group 2 and PF, BP, and PCS of group 3 improved significantly (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

The detrimental QOL effects are stronger in patients with para-lumbar- or lower extremity entrapment syndrome than in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Chiba Hokuso Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1715, Kamagari, Inzai City, Chiba, Japan

    Rinko Kokubo & Kyongsong Kim

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Kushiro Rosai Hospital, Kushiro, Japan

    Toyohiko Isu

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

    Daijiro Morimoto, Naotaka Iwamoto & Akio Morita

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Kokubo, R., Kim, K., Isu, T. et al. Quality of life effects of pain from para-lumbar- and lower extremity entrapment syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome and comparison of the effectiveness of surgery. Acta Neurochir 162, 1431–1437 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04226-8

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