Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Corticosteroid Injection Versus Corticosteroid Injection and Hydrodissection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of ultrasound guided steroid injection versus ultrasound guided steroid hydrodissection to treat patients with CTS.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Clinical diagnosis of CTS The diagnosis of CTS was confirmed by electrophysiological tests.

Exclusion Criteria:

presence of thenar atrophy any accompanying orthopedic or neurologic disorders that could mimic CTS such as cervical radiculopathy, polyneuropathy, proximal median nerve entrapment, or thoracic outlet syndrome prior steroid injection into the affected carpal tunnel within 6 months or ever received carpal tunnel surgery history of distal radius fracture pregnancy or lactation regular use of systemic NSAIDs ,corticosteroids or diuretics known allergy to corticosteroids and local anesthetics. impaired cognitive function

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