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High-Resolution Sonography of the Peripheral Nervous System pp 71–122Cite as

Nerve Compression Syndromes

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The future is bright for sonography of peripheral nerve compression. Recent soft- and hardware development of sonographic equipment and transducers now working up to 17 MHz, has boosted the capability of sonography to investigate common and uncommon peripheral compression syndromes. Sonography of the peripheral nerves is now developing into an extremely valuable tool as an adjunct to neurological investigations. Observing the development of the use of sonography throughout the medical fields such as anesthetics and peripheral neurology we feel that sonography is taking its valuable place in non-invasive diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy.

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