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We assessed the role of high\u2010resolution ultrasound (US) in monitoring patients with CTS treated with corticosteroid injection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We performed high\u2010resolution US evaluations of the wrists of patients with CTS before and after treatment with local corticosteroid. Thirty\u2010nine and 17 wrists were included for analysis at the end of 1 and 3\u2009months, respectively. The cross\u2010sectional area (CSA) and anteroposterior diameter (APD) of the median nerve at the CT and clinical and electrophysiologic data were recorded. We assessed whether changes in US measurements before and after the treatment correlated with clinical and electrophysiologic parameters.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Boston symptom severity scale (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.01), Boston functional status scale (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.01), median nerve motor latency (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.017), median nerve sensory velocity (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.003), and difference in motor latencies (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03) and difference in sensory latencies (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.03) between median and ulnar nerves showed significant changes over 1 or\/and 3\u2009months compared to baseline values. Changes in the CSA and APD correlated with changes in some clinical and electrophysiologic parameters. 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