Evaluating the Association Between Educational Status and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Presentations and Severity.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a painful prevalent orthopedic hand condition causing pain and paresthesia, is typically diagnosed clinically. Initial management involves analgesia trials, steroid injections, and night splints, with surgery as an option for failed conservative treatment. While prior research has explored the relationship between patients' educational status and various orthopedic conditions, no studies have investigated its association with clinical presentation and symptom severity in CTS.

A case of acheiria.

Congenital limb anomalies are rare. Acheiria is a congenital limb abnormality that presents as an absence of the hand and it is often diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography. Herein we present a case of an 11-year-old female patient with acheiria.