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High-Resolution Sonography of the Peripheral Nervous System

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Sonography is able to detect peripheral nerve lesions smaller than 1 cm, which is the critical size to be detected with MR or CT. Thomas et al. (1999) proved not only the unrivaled resolution power of sonography but also the precision by which interventions can be performed at the peripheral nerves. Due to this and to the fact that sonographic interventions are always real-time procedures, where the sonographer watches and controls the situation at any time, sonography is presented here as the state-of-the-art modality to perform accurate interventional procedures in peripheral nerve system.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Peter Kovacs MD & Hannes Gruber MD (Associate Professor)

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  1. Department of Radiology, Section for Diagnostic and Interventional Sonography, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

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Kovacs, P., Gruber, H. (2008). Interventional Techniques. In: Peer, S., Bodner, G. (eds) High-Resolution Sonography of the Peripheral Nervous System. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49084-5_7

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