A case report of thumb weakness misdiagnosed as radial neuroma and resulting in upper limb dysfunction after surgery.

This is one patient, so it cannot show that any treatment works for radial neuritis. The patient received electroacupuncture, therapeutic ultrasound, and transcranial magnetic stimulation together, so the contribution of each treatment cannot be separated. Recovery could have happened naturally over the months after surgery. The cause of the neuritis was never found. The ultrasound guidance was done with different devices at different times, so the treatment may not be reproducible. The paper reports electroacupuncture for 5 months and overall treatment for 6 months, so the timeline is not fully clear.

The authors declared that financial support was received for this work or its publication. The work was supported by the High-Level Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Construction Project of Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and the Innovation Project of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.

Do not conclude that ultrasound-guided electroacupuncture treats radial neuritis. This is a single case report, and the patient also received therapeutic ultrasound and transcranial magnetic stimulation, so the authors say a single treatment or natural recovery cannot be ruled out.