Commentary on 'duration of postoperative dressing after mini-open carpal tunnel release: A prospective, randomized trial'

摘要

The authors have designed a prospective randomized trial to determine whether there is a benefit to maintaining a postoperative dressing for 2 weeks in an effort to decrease the perceived higher rate of wound complications and infections with early dressing removal. Anyone who has tried to design and execute a prospective randomized clinical trial understands the challenges that exist with this type of study, and the authors have demonstrated the ability to design a study and answer a clinical question.