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Comparative Efficacy of Scalene versus Scapular Approach for Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid Hydrodissection in Dorsal Scapular Nerve Entrapment: A Randomized Controlled Trial [Response to Letter]

2026Open accessAssiut University

Abstract

King Hei Stanley Lam,1–5 Abdelraheem Mahmoud Elawamy,6 Abdallah El-Sayed Allam,7,8 Yonghyun Yoon,3,5,9,10 Manal Hassanien11 1Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong; 2Department of Family Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong; 3Board of Clinical Research, The International Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong; 4Department of Clinical Research, The Hong Kong Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong; 5Board of Clinical Research, The International Academy of Regenerative Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea; 6Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 7Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt; 8Morphological Madrid Research Center (MoMaRC), Madrid, Spain; 9Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 10IncheonTerminal Orthopedics, Incheon, Republic of Korea; 11Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, EgyptCorrespondence: King Hei Stanley Lam, Department of Family Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Tel +85223720888, Fax +85223720848, Email drlamkh@gmail.com

Research topics

  • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Pain Management and Treatment

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DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s615033

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