Novel Motor-Sparing Ultrasound-Guided Neural Injection in Severe Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Comparison of Four Injectates

Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of study patients.

	NS group; ()	D5W group; ()	PRP group; ()	HA group; ()	value^a
Age (year) (SE)					0.957
BMI (kg/m^2) (SE)					0.996
Gender					0.998
Male () (%)	7 (46.7)	7 (43.8)	7 (46.7)	7 (46.7)
Female () (%)	8 (53.3)	9 (56.3)	8 (53.3)	8 (53.3)
Duration(months) (SE)					0.844
SSS (SE)					0.663
FSS (SE)					0.874
CSA (mm^2) (SE)					0.287

NS: normal saline; D5W: 5% dextrose water; PRP: platelet-rich plasma; HA: hyaluronic acid; SE: standard error; BMI: body mass index; SSS: symptom severity scale; FSS: functional status scale; CSA: cross-sectional area. ^aOne-way ANOVA or chi-square test.