title: [Ultrasound diagnosis in trauma: elbow and hand].
abstract: Ultrasonography with high-frequency transducers nowadays plays an important role in diagnosing post-traumatic complaints of the elbow and hand tissue in children as well as in adults. We see it as an addition to clinical examination, standard X-ray, and other radiological methods. As a noninvasive procedure we can investigate post-traumatic changes and postoperative pain, detect foreign bodies, and also use it for postoperative metal removal. The possibility of imaging cartilage structures with ultrasound also enables us to diagnose post-traumatic injuries in children's elbows such as supracondylar fractures, epiphysiolyses, and fractures of the epicondyles.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Auenbruggerplatz 7a, A-8036 Graz, Osterreich.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grechenig
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Tesch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D020878:Device Removal; D004550:Elbow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography; D000092464:Elbow Injuries