Email this article Local administration of corticosteroids in treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
- Authors: Kiselev V.N.1, Aleksandrov N.Y.2, Korotkevich M.M.3
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Affiliations:
- A.M. Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters of Russia
- I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
- A.L. Polenov Russian Research Institute of Neurosurgery (branch of the V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia)
- Issue: Vol 8, No 1 (2018)
- Pages: 10-19
- Section: LECTURES AND REVIEWS
- Published: 30.04.2018
- URL: https://nmb.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/258
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/2222-8721-2018-8-1-10-19
- ID: 258
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Abstract
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most frequent entrapment neuropathy. We performed a literature review of application of local corticosteroid injections. The main aim of the review is to outline the issues concerning indications for the treatment, efficiency and safety of the procedure, and the effect’s duration. Different techniques and different types of corticosteroids, outcomes of the local injections in comparsion with surgical treatment are discussed.
About the authors
V. N. Kiselev
A.M. Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: kiselev.neurologist@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6752-3311
Russian Federation
N. Yu. Aleksandrov
I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2913-3443
Russian Federation
M. M. Korotkevich
A.L. Polenov Russian Research Institute of Neurosurgery (branch of the V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia)
Email: fake@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4960-3780
Russian Federation
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