Use of the Accordion Severity Grading System for negative outcomes of carpal tunnel syndrome

• Published in: Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery Vol. 66; no. 8; pp. 1123 - 1130
• Main Authors: Noszczyk, B.H., Nowak, M., Krześniak, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2013
• Subjects: Accordion Severity Grading System; Carpal tunnel; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - surgery; Classification; Complications; Hand Strength; Hand surgery; Humans; Morbidity; Pain, Postoperative - etiology; Peripheral Nerve Injuries - etiology; Plastic Surgery; Postoperative Complications - classification; Results; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Failure; Accordion Severity Grading System; Results; Complications; Classification; Hand surgery; Morbidity; Carpal tunnel

A universal classification of the negative outcomes of carpal tunnel release surgery does not, as yet, exist. In order to avoid the use of arbitrary factors we have applied the Accordion Severity Grading System, which uses rigorously defined qualitative terms to classify complications. It also provi...