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Review Question - QID 214822

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QID 214822 (Type "214822" in App Search)
A 55-year-old middle manager at a regional paper supply company in the North-Eastern United States presents with a 6-month history of left hand pain, numbness, and tingling involving the thumb, index, and long fingers. Her symptoms wake her at night despite appropriate splinting. She endorses concomitant neck pain with radiation to the hand as well as forearm pain. Examination demonstrates a positive Tinel sign at the distal forearm. Her altruistic hand surgeon offers her a corticosteroid injection. Which of the following is true regarding this modality?