In these 187 patients, EDX confirmed CTS clinical diagnosis in 180. In 40 (17%), the neurologists disagreed with the clinical diagnosis of CTS because signs and symptoms were not those of clinical CTS. We showed that general practitioners are very well capable of making a clinical diagnosis of CTS. Therefore, direct referral of patients by general practitioners for nerve conduction studies to have their diagnosis of CTS confirmed is a desirable and time-saving procedure. Claes F, Bernsen H, Meulstee J, Verhagen WI. Neurol Sci. 2011 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22198648
No comments:
Post a Comment