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The long-term follow-up of treatment with corticosteroid injections in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. When are multiple injections indicated?

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Title
The long-term follow-up of treatment with corticosteroid injections in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. When are multiple injections indicated?
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Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), December 2012
DOI 10.1177/1753193412469580
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M. Berger, M. Vermeulen, J. H. T. M. Koelman, I. N. van Schaik, Y. B. W. E. M. Roos

Abstract

The objective of this prospective study was to investigate the long-term effect of one or more local corticosteroid injections in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and whether a good response can be predicted. Follow-up visits took place at 3 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year after the first corticosteroid injection. Thirty of the 120 patients (25%) had a good outcome with a single injection, 11 additional patients (9%) needed a second injection, and five patients (4%) needed a third injection to reach a good outcome after 1 year. Of patients with an initial good treatment response, 28 (52%) had a good outcome after 1 year compared with 18 (27 %) who had an initially moderate or no response to treatment. One-third of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome had a long-term beneficial effect from corticosteroid injection, especially when they had a good initial response.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 3%
Argentina 1 3%
Unknown 33 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 17%
Other 5 14%
Researcher 5 14%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 9%
Professor 3 9%
Other 7 20%
Unknown 6 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 51%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 11%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Psychology 1 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 8 23%
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