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The goal of this study was to analyze the effect of injection with methylprednisolone\/lidocaine vs placebo.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After randomization, 10 patients received a nerve stimulator\u2010guided injection with methylprednisolone\/lidocaine, and 10 patients received saline. The primary outcome measure was pain (visual analogue scale, VAS).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In the placebo group, there was a significant pain reduction (baseline VAS, 6.8; VAS week 12, 4.3;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u2009.014). The VAS score in the methylprednisolone group did not show a significant reduction (baseline VAS, 7.4; VAS week 12, 4.8;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u2009.053). There was no significant difference in pain reduction between the groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found no objective evidence for benefit from nerve stimulator\u2010guided injection with corticosteroids in meralgia paresthetica, although this study is limited by a small sample size. Future placebo\u2010controlled studies using ultrasound\u2010guided injection are warranted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.26877","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,2]],"date-time":"2020-04-02T06:28:25Z","timestamp":1585808905000},"page":"788-791","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Meralgia paresthetica: Nerve stimulator\u2010guided injection with methylprednisolone\/lidocaine, a double\u2010blind randomized placebo\u2010controlled study"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Mark E.","family":"Kloosterziel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology Haga Hospital  The Hague The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D\u00e9nes L. 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