Is there any difference between short axis and combined short and long axis approach of median nerve hydrodissection in patients of carpal tunnel syndrome?
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G560- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/07/055440
- Lead Sponsor
- ady Hardinge Medical College and associated hospitals
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All adult patients diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome based on clinical criteria and Nerve Conduction Velocity studies.
Exclusion Criteria
1) A previous history of wrist surgery,polyneuropathy,brachial plexopathy, or thoracic outlet syndrome.
2) Previous steroid injection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in the last 3 months.
3) Patients with grade 5 and grade 6 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome according to Blands neurophysiological grading of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage change in median Boston Carpal Tunnel Severity Questionnaire (BCTSQ) score at 3 months from baseline after ultrasound guided hydrodissection of median nerve in both the groups.Timepoint: At baseline and at the end of 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in the mean cross sectional diameter of the median nerve calculated using ultrasonographic evaluation in both the groups at the end of 3 months.Timepoint: At the end of 3 months;Difference in median Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) grade in both the groups at the end of 3 months.Timepoint: At the end of 3 months