[Results of different incisions in treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome].

Various surgical techniques are used to treat the carpal tunnel syndrome. Besides the endoscopic technique, the "open-standard-technique" and the "Millesi technique" are very common. The success and the complication rate of all these techniques are discussed controversially. However, the aim of the current prospective study was to investigate the various open techniques to find the most successful method with the least complications. Therefore, 64 patients (20 male, 44 female) were examined after surgery. 23 patients were operated with an "Open-Standard-Technique" (OST) including long incision, 22 patients were treated according to the "Millesi-Technique", and 19 patients with the "Short-Incision-Technique" (SIT). All patients were evaluated using a prospectively designed examination check-list. Comparing these various techniques, the OST and the SIT yielded the best results with regard to complications, the SIT seems to be the most successful technique.