Measurement of the cross-sectional area of the median and ulnar nerves by hand surgeons without ultrasound training: a prospective study.

Portney, Daniel A; Ross, Brendon S; Stepan, Jeffrey G · J Hand Surg Eur Vol · 2025

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

Fifteen healthy subjects underwent ultrasound of their median and ulnar nerves by three examiners: an expert ultrasonographer and two surgeons without formal ultrasound training. The surgeons accurately measured the cross-sectional area of the median nerve, but not the ulnar nerve.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy