Corticosteroid Injection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1414-1416

  Boyer, Martin I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LOW DRUG DOSE; NERVE FUNCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLINTING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53049099761     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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