The Effect of Perineural Injection Therapy in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-03-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathy with involving compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. Rather than other progressive disease, CTS is characterized by remission and recurrence. Although many conservative managements of CTS, the effectiveness of these methods is insignificant or only persist for a short duration. Recently, the ultrasound-guided perineural injection with 5% dextrose was widely used for entrapment neuropathy with positive benefit. However, current studies have not entirely proved the effects of perineural injection on peripheral neuropathy because these studies enrolled small number of patients and lacked controlled design. The investigators design a randomized, double-blind, controlled trail to assess the effect after ultrasound-guided perineural injection with 5% dextrose in patients with CTS.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Tri-Service General Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 20-85 year-old.

• Diagnosis was confirmed using an electrophysiological study and ultrasonography

Exclusion Criteria:

Cancer

• Coagulopathy

• Pregnancy

• Inflammation status

• Cervical radiculopathy

• Polyneuropathy, brachial plexopathy

• Thoracic outlet syndrome

• Previously undergone wrist surgery or steroid injection for CTS