Yazdanpanah P, Aramesh S, Mousavizadeh A, Ghaffari P, Khosravi Z, Khademi A
Dept. of Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation, Yasouj University of Medical Sciences, Yasouj, Iran.
Iran J Public Health. 2012;41(2):105-10. Epub 2012 Feb 29.
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is entrapment of median nerve in carpal tunnel of the wrist. The prevalence of CTS related to pregnancy and non-pregnancy is unknown in some countries such as Iran. The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of CTS in women of Boyerahmad Township located in South-West part of Iran.
This cross-sectional descriptive analytic study was done since February 2010 to January 2011 in Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics in 2656 non-pregnant and 1508 pregnant women. The women that had clinical symptoms of CTS performed standard electro diagnostic techniques for rule in or rule out of CTS.
The prevalence of CTS in pregnant and non- pregnant women was 3.4 and 2 .3 percent respectively. The prevalence of CTS in all women was 2.7%. Overall, 51 pregnant women had CTS that 59.4% had mild, 18.8 % had moderate and 21.9% had severe CTS. Sixty-one non-pregnant women had CTS that 73.6 %had mild, 20.8 %t had moderate and 5.6 % had severe CTS.
Although the prevalence of CTS in Iranian pregnancy is higher than non-pregnancy women conservative treatment is safe and more effective.
腕管综合征（CTS）是正中神经在腕部腕管内遭到挤压。在伊朗等一些国家，与妊娠和非妊娠相关的腕管综合征患病率尚不清楚。本研究的主要目的是确定伊朗西南部博耶拉赫马德镇女性中腕管综合征的患病率。
这项横断面描述性分析研究于2010年2月至2011年1月在妇产科诊所对2656名非孕妇和1508名孕妇进行。有腕管综合征临床症状的女性采用标准电诊断技术来确诊或排除腕管综合征。
孕妇和非孕妇中腕管综合征的患病率分别为3.4%和2.3%。所有女性中腕管综合征的患病率为2.7%。总体而言，51名孕妇患有腕管综合征，其中59.4%为轻度，18.8%为中度，21.9%为重度。61名非孕妇患有腕管综合征，其中73.6%为轻度，20.8%为中度，5.6%为重度。
虽然伊朗孕妇中腕管综合征的患病率高于非孕妇，但保守治疗是安全且更有效的。
