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Macromastia: a Risk Factor for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
| dc.contributor.author | Silva Guerra, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marques Correia, C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Videira e Castro, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida, MA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-12T16:40:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-12T16:40:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in a cohort of women with macromastia and to assess the evolution of the CTS signs and symptoms after breast surgery. POPULATION: A series of 123 women was evaluated. CTS was defined by co-existence of symptoms, two physical findings and electrophysiological evaluation. One year after reduction mammaplasty, the 22 patients who had been diagnosed CTS were re-evaluated. RESULTS: CTS group of women had a mean age of 38.8 years, mean body mass index of 28.5 kg/m(2) and mean breast size of 35.9 cm. Age and nipple-to-sternal notch distance were statistically significantly associated with CTS (p = 0.001 and p = 0.001, respectively). A year after surgery 15 patients were re-assessed: nine patients reported absence or improvement of CTS symptoms while six patients reported symptoms persistence or worsening. CONCLUSION: Age, breast size, but not body mass index, have a positive correlation with the CTS. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hand Surg. 2011;16(3):283-7. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1142/S0218810411005552 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3187 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | World Scientific Publishing | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Adult | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Body Mass Index | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Breast | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Diagnosis, Differential | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Female | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Follow-Up Studies | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Humans | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Hypertrophy | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Incidence | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Mammaplasty | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Middle Aged | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Prevalence | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Retrospective Studies | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Risk Factors | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Young Adult | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Electrodiagnosis | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | HSJ CPR | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Macromastia: a Risk Factor for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 287 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 3 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 283 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Hand Surgery | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 16 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |