The Effect of Perineural Injection Therapy Versus Steroid in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathy with
involving compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. Rather than other progressive
disease, CTS is characterized by remission and recurrence. Although many conservative
managements of CTS, the effectiveness of these methods is insignificant or only persist for a
short duration including steroid injection. Recently, the ultrasound-guided perineural
injection with 5% dextrose was widely used for entrapment neuropathy with positive benefit.
The investigators design a randomized, double-blind, controlled trail to assess the effect of
ultrasound-guided perineural injection with 5% dextrose in patients with CTS and compared
with steroid injection.