Abstract
Dear Sir, The two editorials on the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in the January issue raise some important points [1,2], but both papers have a clinically important anatomical error where it is stated that there may be sensory deficit on the lateral side of the palm of the hand. This area is supplied by the palmar branch of the median nerve which arises from the median nerve a few centimetres above the wrist and does not go through the carpal tunnel and is therefore not affected in the CTS. This is an important clinical point because if there is sensory impairment in the palm of the hand, the lesion must be proximal to the carpal tunnel. Both papers make the very important point that there are often symptoms outside median nerve territory in the CTS, but no neurological deficit. This point was first made by Dr...
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