Abstract
Two cases of gouty tenosynovitis were associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. Both patients had carpal tunnel release with good relief of symptoms. In one patient, gout was not suspected before operation; this patient developed wound dehiscence with tophaceous urate crystal drainage that eventually disappeared. Proper preoperative antigout therapy may have prevented this complication. Carpal tunnel syndrome associated with gout is rare. Preoperative investigations for gout may be indicated in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
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