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Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) vs saline no treatment or placebo

Requirement for carpal tunnel surgery · carpal tunnel syndrome

Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) probably leads to lower requirement for carpal tunnel surgery compared with saline no treatment or placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Local corticosteroid injection versus placebo for carpal tunnel syndrome 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.84 [0.72, 0.98]
1 study · 111 participants
Moderate