Incidence of Carpal Tunnel Release: Trends and Implications Within the United States Ambulatory Care Setting

Fajardo M, Kim SH, Szabo RM (Univ of California, Davis, Sacramento) J Hand Surg 37A:1599-1605, 2012^§

Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the changes, trends, and implications of carpal tunnel release (CTR) surgery within an ambulatory setting over the past decade in the United States.

Methods

We undertook an analysis of ambulatory surgery center CTR cases using data from the National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention carried out this survey in 1996, and again in 2006. We searched the cases with the procedure codes indicative of CTR.

Results

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