Sonographic assessment of volar digital nerve injury in the context of penetrating trauma.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article was to report our experience using ultrasound to assess digital nerve integrity after penetrating hand trauma with sensory deficit. Ultrasound was performed in the long axis on 22 digital nerves in 11 patients using a 12-14-MHz linear array hockey stick transducer.


CONCLUSIONS
Of 22 volar digital nerves evaluated by sonography, six were transected. All imaging findings were confirmed surgically. High-frequency ultrasound permits accurate imaging of intact and transected volar digital nerves.
Umans
Hilary
H
Department of Radiology, Jacobi Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1400 Pelham Pkwy, South, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. hilary.umans@gmail.com
Kessler
James
J
de la Lama
Mauricio
M
Magge
Keshav
K
Liebling
Ralph
R
Negron
Judith
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult