title: US findings in traumatic wrist and hand injuries.
abstract: Traumatic injuries of the wrist and hand are common. Ultrasonography (US) is a cost-effective, noninvasive, and effective imaging method for diagnosing traumatic lesions affecting the tendons, annular pulleys, ligaments, vessels, and nerves, and for detecting foreign bodies in the wrist and hand. The objective of this article was to review the main US findings of traumatic lesions in the wrist and hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. nurikarabay@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nuri
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karabay
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013710:Tendons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging