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Ultrasound of local complications in hand surgery: a pictorial essay

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Early detection of local complications (venipuncture complications, nerve lesions, infections, arthritis, and tenosynovitis, tendon adhesions and re-tears, complications related to orthopaedic hardware) after hand surgery is required for prompt treatment. Ultrasound has proven to be a valuable imaging modality for detecting and assessing a variety of disorders of the wrist and hand. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to present a wide range of complications after wrist and hand surgery assessed by ultrasound.

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  1. CIM SA, Cabinet d’imagerie médicale, 40a route de Malagnou 1208, Geneva, Switzerland

    Stefano Bianchi

  2. Hand Surgery Unit, Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, 4 Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    Jean-Yves Beaulieu

  3. Division of Radiology, Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, 4 Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    Stefano Bianchi & Pierre-Alexandre Poletti

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Bianchi, S., Beaulieu, JY. & Poletti, PA. Ultrasound of local complications in hand surgery: a pictorial essay. J Ultrasound 23, 349–362 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-020-00457-8

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