Ultrasound-Guided Hydraulic Release Associated With Corticosteroids in Radial Tunnel Syndrome: Description of Technique and Preliminary Clinical Results.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe a perineural ultrasound-guided infiltration technique for management of radial tunnel syndrome and to report its preliminary results in 54 patients. A mixture of a saline solution, a local anesthetic, and a corticosteroid solution was infiltrated in the perineural region at the arcade of Frohse. Pain was reported in 100% of patients before the procedure versus 1.9% after the procedure. Scratch collapse and Cozen test results were positive in 98.1% and 66.7% of patients before infiltration, respectively, versus 5.6% and 9.2% after infiltration. All variables had statistically significant differences between preprocedure and postprocedure evaluations (P < .01).

• Authors: Nicolás García, Julio Rosales, Cristóbal Greene, Guillermo Droppelmann, Marco A Verdugo
• Journal: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (J Ultrasound Med) Vol. 39 Issue 1 Pg. 165-168 (Jan 2020) ISSN: 1550-9613 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 31268176 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2019 by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones
• Anesthetics, Local
• Saline Solution

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Anesthetics, Local (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Radial Nerve (diagnostic imaging)
• Radial Neuropathy (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
• Retrospective Studies
• Saline Solution (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Syndrome
• Treatment Outcome
• Ultrasonography, Interventional (methods)