Sonography in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.

摘要: The few papers published on the use of sonography in carpal tunnel syndrome suggest it may be a useful diagnostic test. This study aims to prospectively evaluate sonographic measurements median nerve diagnosis syndrome.Patients with documented and group asymptomatic control subjects were enrolled underwent high-resolution tunnel. A small-footprint linear array transducer was used scan measure cross-sectional area maximum transverse anteroposterior diameters. Data from patient compared establish optimal criteria for syndrome.Sixty-eight patients (50 women, 18 men) 102 affected nerves 68 36 controls (23 13 examined. Qualitative assessment alone found unreliable. All showed significant differences between ...