Effects of perineural steroid injections on median nerve conduction during the carpal tunnel release

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 825-829

  Stepić, Nenad ^a   Novaković, Marjan ^a   Martić, Vesna ^a   Perić, Dušan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Sport and Tourism   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Injections; Intraoperative period; Median nerve; Reconstructive surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSIBILITY; VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETAMETHASONE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 58749106121     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP0811825S     Document Type: Article

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