Ultrasound‐guided steroid injection to treat mild ulnar neuropathy at the elbow
- 9 June 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Muscle & Nerve
- Vol. 44 (1) , 128-130
Abstract
There exists no “gold standard” in the treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE). We treated 7 patients with mild UNE using a local steroid injection with ultrasonographic monitoring. At clinical follow‐up after 6 weeks, 4 patients had improved, 2 were stable, and 1 reported an increase in symptoms. Ultrasound‐guided steroid injection in mild UNE is safe and could be effective. Further investigation is needed to prove its efficacy. Muscle Nerve 44: 128–130, 2011.Keywords
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