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Clinical Trial
. 2001 Jun 12;56(11):1565-7.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.56.11.1565.

Local vs systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome

S M Wong  1 , A C Hui, A Tang, P C Ho, L K Hung, K S Wong, R Kay, E Li
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Clinical Trial

Local vs systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome

S M Wong et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

The authors compared the effectiveness of low-dose, short-term oral prednisolone vs local methylprednisolone injection in a prospective, double-blinded, parallel treatment study of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). A single injection of 15 mg methylprednisolone resulted in significant improvement in global symptom scores over a 12-week period. This study demonstrated the superiority of local steroid injection to oral steroid in the treatment of CTS.

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