Carpal Tunnel Relief: Injection Initially Better Than Surgery
Saturday January 21, 2006
Better carpal tunnel relief may initially be obtained from a local steroid injection than surgical decompression, according to clinical trial results published in Arthritis and Rheumatism. Carpal tunnel relief was assessed in a group of 101 adults, randomized to receive surgery or a local steroid injection. The study participants had new onset carpal tunnel syndrome which lasted at least 3 months. The group receiving the local steroid injection achieved better carpal tunnel relief than the surgery group at 3 months. At 6 and 12 months, carpal tunnel relief was similar in both groups.
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Can carpal tunnel cause Artritis I had the surgery and I’m in more pain now and the pain is unbearible what can I doo now.
If you have already had carpal tunnel surgery and you are experiencing pain, you should go back to the surgeon to be examined. It may be a complication associated with the surgery. How long ago was the surgery?