[Ultrasonography for hand surgeons (lecture from the 46th meeting of French Society of Hand Surgery)]

M Soubeyrand; M Begin; J Pierrart; O Gagey; C Dumontier; H Guerini

doi:10.1016/j.main.2011.09.008

[Ultrasonography for hand surgeons (lecture from the 46th meeting of French Society of Hand Surgery)]

Chir Main. 2011 Dec;30(6):368-84. doi: 10.1016/j.main.2011.09.008. Epub 2011 Oct 17.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Soubeyrand¹, M Begin, J Pierrart, O Gagey, C Dumontier, H Guerini

Affiliation

¹ Service de chirurgie orthopédique, centre hospitalier de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. [email protected]

PMID: 22047745
DOI: 10.1016/j.main.2011.09.008

Abstract

Ultrasound examination is inexpensive, easily accessible and has numerous applications. Its diagnostic or even therapeutic use is developing in the context of hand surgery. The purpose of this work is to review the literature dealing with hand ultrasonograpy by recalling its physical basis and by showing the normal and pathological aspects of different structures and pathologies.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Congresses as Topic
Hand / diagnostic imaging*
Hand / surgery*
Humans
Orthopedic Procedures / education*
Ultrasonography, Interventional*