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In the same cohort, needing a second decompression was linked with being female, having diabetes and having positive nerve tests at diagnosis.
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In the source's own words
“The need for secondary CTD was independently associated with female gender, diabetes mellitus and positive nerve conduction studies at diagnosis.”
Corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome: a 5-year survivorship analysis, PJ Jenkins and AD Duckworth, Hand (N Y), 2012, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1007/s11552-012-9390-8)- What it measures
- The authors concluded that steroid injection is appropriate in carefully selected patients.
- What it does not show
- Association, not proof of cause.