Comparison of surgical decompression and local steroid injection in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: 2-year clinical results from a randomized trial

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1447-1454

  Ly pen, Domingo ^a   Andréu, José Luis ^a   Millán, Isabel ^a   De blas, Gema ^b   Sánchez olaso, Alberto ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Local steroid injection; Randomized clinical trial; Surgery

Indexed keywords

PARAMETHASONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCTURNAL PARESTHESIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT T TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARAMETHASONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865156519     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes053     Document Type: Article

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