Extended Follow-up of Local Steroid Injection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Local steroid injection is commonly used in treating patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome, but evidence regarding long-term efficacy is lacking.

Objective

To assess the long-term treatment effects of local steroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Design, setting, and participants

This exploratory 5-year extended follow-up of a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial was conducted from November 2008 to March 2012 at a university hospital orthopedic department. Participants included patients aged 22 to 69 years with primary idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome and no prior treatment with local steroid injections. Data were analyzed from May 2018 to August 2018.

Interventions

Patients were randomized to injection of 80 mg

SUBMITTER: Hofer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536954 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature