Why do local corticosteroid injections work in carpal tunnel syndrome, but not in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow?

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Simon Podnar et al. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;53(4):662-3.

doi: 10.1002/mus.24956.

¹ Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Bodor M, Rojo-Manaute JM, Podnar S. Bodor M, et al. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Aug;54(2):344-5. doi: 10.1002/mus.25170. Muscle Nerve. 2016. PMID: 27144365 No abstract available.
Why do local corticosteroid injections work in carpal tunnel syndrome, But not in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow?
Mezian K, Bruthans J. Mezian K, et al. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Aug;54(2):344. doi: 10.1002/mus.25171. Epub 2016 May 26. Muscle Nerve. 2016. PMID: 27144462 No abstract available.

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