Follow-up evaluation with ultrasonography of peripheral nerve injuries after an earthquake
Man Lu
Yue Wang
Linxian Yue
Jack Chiu
Fanding He
Xiaojing Wu
Bin Zang
Bin Lu
Xiaoke Yao
Zirui Jiang
摘要：Published data on earthquake-associated peripheral nerve injury is very limited. Ultrasonography has been proven to be efifcient in the clinic to diagnose peripheral nerve injury. The aim of this study was to assess the role of ultrasound in the evaluation of persistent peripheral nerve injuries 1 year after the Wenchuan earthquake. Thirty-four patients with persistent clinical symptoms and neurologic signs of impaired nerve function were evaluated with sonography prior to surgi-cal repair. Among 34 patients, ultrasonography showed that 48 peripheral nerves were entrapped, and 11 peripheral nerves were disrupted. There was one case of misdiagnosis on ultrasonogra-phy. The concordance rate of ultrasonographic ifndings with those of surgical ifndings was 98%. A total of 48 involved nerves underwent neurolysis and the symptoms resolved. Only ifve nerves had scar tissue entrapment. Preoperative and postoperative clinical and ultrasonographic results were concordant, which veriifed that ultrasonography is useful for preoperative diagnosis and postoperative evaluation of injured peripheral nerves.
机标关键词：peripheral nervesperipheral nerve injurynerve function
资助基金：a grant from the Sichuan Technology Department of Sichuan Province, (No.2009Y0174)
论文发表日期：2014-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：7( 582-588 )
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