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The Dutch trial randomly allocated 176 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome to night-time splinting (89) or open surgery (87).
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“One hundred and seventy-six patients were included in the trial and were randomly allocated to either wrist splinting (n = 89) or open surgery (n = 87).”
Greater clinical effects on carpal tunnel syndrome with surgery than with splinting; results of a randomised clinical trial, AAM Gerritsen et al., JAMA, 2002, Abstract, Method.
Open the original- What it measures
- Patients were recruited by neurologists at 13 hospitals in the Netherlands.
- What it does not show
- Patients were followed for up to 18 months, and the study was not blinded to treatment.