Open carpal tunnel release and diabetes : A retrospective study using PROMs and national quality registries
Objectives To study patient-reported outcome after open carpal tunnel release (OCTR) for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in patients with or without diabetes using national healthcare quality registries. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Data from the Swedish National Quality Registry for Hand Surgery (HAKIR; www.hakir.se) were linked to data from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR;