title: Sonography of brachial plexus traction injuries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our purpose was to evaluate the feasibility of sonography in identifying nerve abnormalities in patients with traction injury of the brachial plexus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sonography of the brachial plexus was technically feasible, although the entire brachial plexus could not be evaluated. Sonography appears to be a useful bedside imaging technique for assessing brachial plexus injury. The potential of sonography as a complementary diagnostic tool in the evaluation of these patients warrants further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 1, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany. peter.haber@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Hans Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.forename: Nektarios
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sinis
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haerle
authors.forename: Hans-Eberhard
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Schaller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography