Familial Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a Japanese Family

• Published in: Orthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 326 - 331
• Main Authors: Naniwa, Shingo, Kamihira, Mochiru, Ohtsuki, Kengi, Morio, Yasuo, Hayashi, Kanichi, Murata, Masaaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1989

We treated surgically 54 wrists in 48 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) between April, 1976 and October, 1988: idiopathic CTS, 34 wrists in 29 patients; traumatic CTS 10 wrists; specific inflammatory CTS, 5 wrists; familial CTS, 4 wrists in 3 patients; and other 1 wrist. This reported famil...