Ozdoğan H, Yazici H
Br J Rheumatol. 1984 Nov;23(4):272-5. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/23.4.272.
In order to investigate the superiority of local steroid injection over the intramuscular route, 37 patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome were treated with local or systemic steroid injections in a double-blind study. The first group received steroid injections into the carpal tunnel of the more severely affected hand and placebo into the deltoid muscle of the same side. The second group received steroid injections intramuscularly, and placebo into the carpal tunnel. The only significant improvement observed at the end of one month was in the steroid-injected hands of the first group. At 10-12 months follow-up only four (22%) of the 18 patients from this Group were symptom free.
为了研究局部注射类固醇相对于肌肉注射途径的优势，在一项双盲研究中，对37例特发性腕管综合征患者进行了局部或全身类固醇注射治疗。第一组在受影响较严重的手部腕管内注射类固醇，在同侧三角肌内注射安慰剂。第二组进行肌肉注射类固醇，在腕管内注射安慰剂。在一个月结束时观察到的唯一显著改善是第一组接受类固醇注射的手部。在10 - 12个月的随访中，该组18例患者中只有4例（22%）无症状。
