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Case Reports
. 2020 May;39(5):1023-1029.
doi: 10.1002/jum.15166. Epub 2019 Nov 9.

Ultrasound-Guided Perineural Injection for Pronator Syndrome Caused by Median Nerve Entrapment

Patricia B Delzell  1 , Mital Patel  2
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Ultrasound-Guided Perineural Injection for Pronator Syndrome Caused by Median Nerve Entrapment

Patricia B Delzell et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2020 May.

Abstract

Patients and physicians have increasingly sought minimally invasive procedures such as ultrasound-guided injection for the treatment of peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes. In this series, we assessed subjective outcome data in 14 patients who underwent ultrasound-guided perineural hydrodissection and steroid injection for pronator syndrome secondary to median nerve entrapment in the pronator tunnel. Excellent symptomatic relief (≥75% improvement) was achieved in 70% of nerves with 3-month follow-up data, with no significant change in symptoms between 3 and 6 months. These outcomes suggest that this technique could play a role in the management of pronator syndrome due to median nerve entrapment.

Keywords: hydrodissection; nerve entrapment; perineural injection; pronator syndrome.

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