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Ultrasound‐Guided Perineural Injection for Pronator Syndrome Caused by Median Nerve Entrapment
Author(s) -
Delzell Patricia B.,
Patel Mital
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15166
Subject(s) - medicine , median nerve , entrapment , entrapment neuropathy , ultrasound , carpal tunnel syndrome , surgery , peripheral , radiology
Patients and physicians have increasingly sought minimally invasive procedures such as ultrasound‐guided injection for the treatment of peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes. In this series, we assessed subjective outcome data in 14 patients who underwent ultrasound‐guided perineural hydrodissection and steroid injection for pronator syndrome secondary to median nerve entrapment in the pronator tunnel. Excellent symptomatic relief (≥75% improvement) was achieved in 70% of nerves with 3‐month follow‐up data, with no significant change in symptoms between 3 and 6 months. These outcomes suggest that this technique could play a role in the management of pronator syndrome due to median nerve entrapment.