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Item Sintomatología del síndrome del túnel del carpo en los docentes del programa de Instrumentación Quirúrgica de la Universidad Santiago de Cali en el año 2018(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Benavidez Yarpaz, Narciza Jimena; Cuadros López, Natalia; Escobar Viáfara, Lina Vanessa; Maldonado Rincón, Beatriz Alejandra (Directora)Carpo Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a trapping of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel; It is more common among women and is considered an occupational disease. Its etiology is diverse, including local, regional and systemic causes. However, in clinical practice this is unknown in up to 50% of cases. Little is known about its pathophysiology; Three theories are proposed to explain it: compression, micro vascular insufficiency and vibrational theory. With regard to the above, the carpal tunnel syndrome symptomatology was evaluated in the instructors of the Surgical Instrumentation program of the Santiago de Cali University in 2018. A survey was elaborated and designed and also the Boston questionnaire that measured the intensity of the symptoms, the functional status and the quality of life of the teachers of practice and theory with symptomatology of the carpal tunnel syndrome, which was applied to 40 teachers of the surgical instrumentation program. In addition, the analysis of the results showed that 88% of the participants belong to the female sex, in an age range between 36 and 49 years. Regarding the marital status of people, the most frequent is married, in 43% of the cases and free union in 35%, this is related to the fact that they are mostly women and they must dedicate time to their housework, which 55% say they devote to these activities between 2 and 3 hours a day. To himself it was found that 83% have more than 10 years working in the healthcare area.