| Autor: |
Arash Babaei-Ghazani, Sara Moradnia, Maziar Azar, Bijan Forogh, Tannaz Ahadi, Samira Chaibakhsh, Mehrdad Khodabandeh, Bina Eftekharsadat |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Pain management. 12(6) |
| ISSN: |
1758-1877 |
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Aim: The main assessment of this study is to analyze the efficiency of ultrasound-guided dextrose prolotherapy against corticosteroid injections for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Materials & methods: A total of 54 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome were included. Patients who were assigned into the prolotherapy group were injected with 5cc 5% dextrose water under ultrasound guidance. Patients in the corticosteroid group received ultrasound-guided 1 ml triamcinolone 40 mg/ml injection. Results: The inter-group analysis revealed that dextrose prolotherapy has a similar efficacy as corticosteroid for improving pain intensity, functional limitation in daily life, electrophysiologic parameters and ultrasonographic outcomes. No remarkable difference was found between the two treatments until 3 months of follow-up. Conclusion: Dextrose 5% has similar efficacy as triamcinolone for improving pain intensity, functional limitation in daily life, electrophysiologic parameters and ultrasonographic outcomes. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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