Silva Guerra, AMarques Correia, CVideira e Castro, JAlmeida, MA2019-03-122019-03-122011Hand Surg. 2011;16(3):283-7.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3187PURPOSE: 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.engAdultBody Mass IndexBreastCarpal Tunnel SyndromeDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHypertrophyIncidenceMammaplastyMiddle AgedPortugalPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsYoung AdultElectrodiagnosisHSJ CPRjournal article10.1142/S0218810411005552