Local corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome

Prognostic factors in carpal tunnel syndrome treated with a corticosteroid injection

“…Therefore, an injection might also be considered to provide temporary relief while waiting for spontaneous recovery. Previous studies showed that the relapse rate ranged between 50% and 92%, which indicates a poor long‐term effect of corticosteroid injection in CTS 2, 4, 5, 7, 24. Our study confirmed that the improvement of symptoms is only transient in most cases.…”

Prognostic factors in carpal tunnel syndrome treated with a corticosteroid injection

“…Therefore, an injection might also be considered to provide temporary relief while waiting for spontaneous recovery. Previous studies showed that the relapse rate ranged between 50% and 92%, which indicates a poor long‐term effect of corticosteroid injection in CTS 2, 4, 5, 7, 24. Our study confirmed that the improvement of symptoms is only transient in most cases.…”

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

“…This percentage is identical to the results of Dammers and colleagues (1999), who reported improvement in 77% 1 month after treatment. Although some investigators have reported slightly lower percentages of success, there is no doubt about the beneficial shortterm effect of corticosteroid injections (Armstrong et al, 2004;Bickel, 2010;Bland, 2007;Girlanda et al, 1993;Hagebeuk and de Weerd, 2004;Herskovitz et al, 1995;Marshall et al, 2009;Peters-Veluthamaningal et al, 2010;Wong et al, 2001). Similar to our results, in the study by Dammers et al (1999) a good outcome decreased from 77% after 1 month to 39% after 1 year of follow-up.…”

Comparison of single-dose radial extracorporeal shock wave and local corticosteroid injection for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome including mid-term efficacy: a prospective randomized controlled trial

“…Our study demonstrated that single rESWT provided greater benefits in term of symptom severity reduction and functional improvement compared to LCsI during weeks 12 and 24, while other studies have reported on maintenance of benefits from LCsI for only short periods (up to 3 months) [ 13 , 14 , 17 ].…”

Prognostic factors in carpal tunnel syndrome treated with a corticosteroid injection

“…Therefore, an injection might also be considered to provide temporary relief while waiting for spontaneous recovery. Previous studies showed that the relapse rate ranged between 50% and 92%, which indicates a poor long‐term effect of corticosteroid injection in CTS 2, 4, 5, 7, 24. Our study confirmed that the improvement of symptoms is only transient in most cases.…”

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

“…This percentage is identical to the results of Dammers and colleagues (1999), who reported improvement in 77% 1 month after treatment. Although some investigators have reported slightly lower percentages of success, there is no doubt about the beneficial shortterm effect of corticosteroid injections (Armstrong et al, 2004;Bickel, 2010;Bland, 2007;Girlanda et al, 1993;Hagebeuk and de Weerd, 2004;Herskovitz et al, 1995;Marshall et al, 2009;Peters-Veluthamaningal et al, 2010;Wong et al, 2001). Similar to our results, in the study by Dammers et al (1999) a good outcome decreased from 77% after 1 month to 39% after 1 year of follow-up.…”

Comparison of single-dose radial extracorporeal shock wave and local corticosteroid injection for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome including mid-term efficacy: a prospective randomized controlled trial

“…Our study demonstrated that single rESWT provided greater benefits in term of symptom severity reduction and functional improvement compared to LCsI during weeks 12 and 24, while other studies have reported on maintenance of benefits from LCsI for only short periods (up to 3 months) [ 13 , 14 , 17 ].…”

Prognostic factors in carpal tunnel syndrome treated with a corticosteroid injection

“…Therefore, an injection might also be considered to provide temporary relief while waiting for spontaneous recovery. Previous studies showed that the relapse rate ranged between 50% and 92%, which indicates a poor long‐term effect of corticosteroid injection in CTS 2, 4, 5, 7, 24. Our study confirmed that the improvement of symptoms is only transient in most cases.…”

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

“…This percentage is identical to the results of Dammers and colleagues (1999), who reported improvement in 77% 1 month after treatment. Although some investigators have reported slightly lower percentages of success, there is no doubt about the beneficial shortterm effect of corticosteroid injections (Armstrong et al, 2004;Bickel, 2010;Bland, 2007;Girlanda et al, 1993;Hagebeuk and de Weerd, 2004;Herskovitz et al, 1995;Marshall et al, 2009;Peters-Veluthamaningal et al, 2010;Wong et al, 2001). Similar to our results, in the study by Dammers et al (1999) a good outcome decreased from 77% after 1 month to 39% after 1 year of follow-up.…”

Comparison of single-dose radial extracorporeal shock wave and local corticosteroid injection for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome including mid-term efficacy: a prospective randomized controlled trial

“…Our study demonstrated that single rESWT provided greater benefits in term of symptom severity reduction and functional improvement compared to LCsI during weeks 12 and 24, while other studies have reported on maintenance of benefits from LCsI for only short periods (up to 3 months) [ 13 , 14 , 17 ].…”