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This review provides an overview of current treatment options for nerve compression syndromes of the upper extremities.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Study Design Systematic overview.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Methods Based on established national (AWMF) and international guidelines as well as the Cochrane Library, we performed a systematic literature search on PubMed (NLM), focusing on\n          randomised controlled trials.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results Over the research period (2012\u200a\u2013\u200a2020), there were 43 randomised trials that investigated surgical carpal tunnel release methods, 68 that compared different conservative\n          therapies and 12 that compared surgical versus conservative treatments. Furthermore, eight studies analysed surgical techniques and four analysed conservative techniques for cubital tunnel\n          syndrome. No randomised trials were conducted on the less common peripheral nerve compression syndromes, but case reports and observational studies were conducted.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion For carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes, there are evidence-based diagnostic methods as well as therapeutic recommendations based on randomised and controlled trials. When\n          diagnosis is made after clinical examination and supported by radiological and electrophysiological evaluation, surgical treatment is considered superior to conservative treatment. In\n          particular, excellent long-term results can be achieved by surgery for carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes. More controlled studies are needed to establish evidence-based therapeutic\n          recommendations for the less common nerve compression syndromes, which are somewhat controversially and inconsistently defined.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-1498-3197","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]],"date-time":"2021-07-14T23:18:51Z","timestamp":1626304731000},"page":"182-194","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes of the Upper Extremities: a Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"161","author":[{"given":"Gerrit","family":"Freund","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic, Hand and Burns Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Manuel","family":"Dafotakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, 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