The Effect of Perineural Injection Therapy in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-03-30
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. Recently, the ultrasound-guided perineural injection with 5% dextrose was
widely used for entrapment neuropathy with positive benefit. However, current studies have
not entirely proved the effects of perineural injection on peripheral neuropathy because
these studies enrolled small number of patients and lacked controlled design. The
investigators design a randomized, double-blind, controlled trail to assess the effect after
ultrasound-guided perineural injection with 5% dextrose in patients with CTS.