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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVEStudies have demonstrated that gender, age, body mass index and workers′ compensation status contribute to the development of cubital tunnel syndrome (CubTS). As conflicting re
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVEStudies have demonstrated that gender, age, body mass index and workers′ compensation status contribute to the development of cubital tunnel syndrome (CubTS). As conflicting results have been found for the association between tobacco abuse and CubTS, this study was designed to better understand this relationship.
METHODSSubjects included 100 patients with CubTS who underwent surgical repair, compared with 100 individuals who underwent surgical correction for ulnar abutment syndrome (UAS). The latter were chosen, as the pathogenesis of UAS has not been shown to be associated with cigarette smoking. Smoking history was assessed by patient self-report, with subjects classified as current smokers, past smokers or never smokers.
RESULTSA significantly greater proportion of the controls had never smoked cigarettes (P<0.001), while a significantly greater proportion of patients with CubTS were past smokers (P＝0.001). There was no difference between groups in current smokers. There was a dose dependent association between pack years smoked and the odds ratio for CubTS, ranging from 2.9 among those with 1-15 pack years to 29.93 among those with more than 30 pack years.
CONCLUSIONThis retrospective study suggests an association between cubital tunnel syndrome and a history of cigarette smoking.
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