Local Injection of Ozone Versus Methylprednisolone Acetate in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome of Scleroderma Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common peripheral entrapment neuropathy, this study aims to investigate if, and to what extent local ozone therapy could offer symptom improvement in scleroderma patients with Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult patients with scleroderma

• complaining of carpal tunnel syndrome of 3-month duration or more

• diagnosed axonal neuropathy using electrodiagnosis, nerve conduction study

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient refusal

• infection at the site of intervention

• previous injection in the recent 3 months

• Coagulopathy