AU - Mozaffarian, Kamran AU - Owjimehr, Mohammad AU - Eskandari Sani, Behdad AU - Mokarami, Farzam AU - Sharifzadeh, Reza TI - Carpal Tunnel Release Outcomes in Diabetic Versus Non-Diabetic Patients PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - iums-jros JN - iums-jros VO - 2 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://jros.iums.ac.ir/article-1-148-en.html 4100 - http://jros.iums.ac.ir/article-1-148-en.pdf SO - iums-jros 2 ABĀ  - Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common compressive neuropathy. Diabetes mellitus is the most common disease that predisposes the patients to CTS. Diabetic neuropathy is a progressive disease and diabetics nerve is more susceptible to compression at known sites of anatomic constrains such as in the carpal tunnel; clinical results of carpal tunnel release has been questioned not to be as good as non-diabetic patients. CP - IRAN IN - Bone and Joint Disease Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran LG - eng PB - iums-jros PG - 0 PT - YR - 2015