TITLE:
The Effect of NeuroGen® Nerve Support Supplement on Pillar Pain after Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release
AUTHORS:
Michael J. Fitzmaurice
KEYWORDS:
Carpal Tunnel; Endoscopic; ECTR; Nerve Supplement; Nerve; Supplement
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Plastic Surgery,
Vol.4 No.1,
December
20,
2013
ABSTRACT:
61 patients with clinically diagnosed and electromyographically
confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome were enrolled in a prospective study to
evaluate the effectiveness of a nerve supplement on pillar pain after carpal
tunnel surgery. All of the patients underwent endoscopic carpal tunnel release.
15 of the patients also took the nerve support supplement NeuroGen? as part of their perioperative treatment. The supplement group demonstrated a
significantly lower amount of pillar pain (VAS) at initial follow up compared
to the control group (1.13 and 4.05 respectively). 46% (7/15) of the supplement
group were completely free of pillar pain compared to only 9% (4/46) of the
control group at the first follow up. 53% (8/15) of the NeuroGen? group did not require any pain medications compared to 35% (16/46) of the control
group. The Nerve supplement NeuroGen? significantly reduces pain
after carpal tunnel surgery.