Abstract
Fifty-eight patients with long-standing type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes were studied prospectively after combined pancreas and kidney transplantation for a mean observation period of 47.9 months (range 17-116 months). Thirty-three per cent of these patients (19/58) developed carpal tunnel syndrome after a mean interval of 1.7 years (range 3 months-5 years). This rate is about twice that in type 1 diabetic patients. The manifestation of carpal tunnel syndrome was not significantly associated with worsening of diabetic polyneuropathy or with deterioration of kidney or pancreas function. In all but one patient symptoms improved without surgical intervention. This study suggests that patients after combined pancreas and kidney transplantation have an increased risk of carpal tunnel syndrome for which the etiology and pathophysiology are unknown. In most patients no surgical intervention is necessary.
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