Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Calcium Deposit in the Surgically Transacted Transverse Carpal Ligament

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of forty patients with CTS and three control volunteers with no CTS. After the questionnaire and full medical examination, all patients and volunteers were not diagnosed with other diseases.

Left-hand affected by CTS	Right-hand affected by CTS	Control with no CTS
1) age (years): 35.0 ± 0.3, number of patients: (n = 7), gender: female	2) age (years): 32.0 ± 0.2, number of patients: (n = 22), gender: female	3) age (years): 33 and 34, number of volunteers: (n = 2), gender: female
	4) age (years): 34.0 ± 0.6, number of patients: (n = 11), gender: male	5) age (years): 35 number of volunteers: (n = 1), gender: male