US diagnostic contribution to the assessment of post-traumatic lesions of peripheral nerves and tendons-an illustrated approach

The increasing number of post-traumatic neuro-tendinous injuries, due by accidents, led the ultrasound involved in this type of diagnostic more and more, during past years. The well-known advantages of the method, and the development of new ultrasound machines and scan techniques offer now the possibility of seeing small structures and lesions, like peripheral nerves and their injuries. The aim of this work is to prove the ultrasound value in this kind of diagnostic and to show its benefits and limits. Material and method: We investigate by routine, all the injured patients from the plastic surgery department, w…