Utility of ring finger sensory nerve conduction comparative study for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in diabetic patients

DR SANTOSH WAKODE; DR NAINA WAKODE

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2016

Utility of ring finger sensory nerve conduction comparative study for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in diabetic patients

Dr Santosh Wakode, Dr Naina Wakode

Abstract :

Background– Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the common neuropathy due to compression of median nerve at wrist; it is frequently encountered in diabetic patients. Different nerve conduction tests are used for confirmation of median nerve abnormalities in clinical CTS. Aim– Present study aims to investigate utility of ring finger sensory nerve conduction comparisons for diagnosis of CTS in diabetic patients. Materials & method– Total 60 (30 male, 30 female) diabetic patients participated in the study. We determined & compared; 1) median to ulnar motor nerve response 2) median dig 2 to ulnar dig 5 sensory response 3) median to ulnar ring finger sensory response. Results– Median to ulnar ring finger antidromic sensory comparisons was found to be most sensitive (93.75%) & specific (97.73%) with 96.67% test accuracy. Conclusion– We concludes that compå ring finger sensory nerve conduction is useful for detecting CTS in diabetic patients