title: Sonographic assessment of volar digital nerve injury in the context of penetrating trauma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Umans
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de la Lama
authors.forename: Keshav
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Magge
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liebling
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Negron
mesh_terms: 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