Sonography of the normal ulnar nerve at Guyon's canal and of the common peroneal nerve dorsal to the fibular head

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU
Els Y PeetersMichel M Osteaux

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the ability of sonography to visualize the ulnar nerve at Guyon's canal and the common peroneal nerve dorsal to the fibular head and to test for correlations between nerve measurements and subject characteristics. We used a 5-12-MHz linear-array transducer in sonographic evaluation of 15 healthy adult volunteers. We evaluated the correlations between nerve diameters and surface areas and subject body mass index and height. We also tested for differences between nerve measurements in women and men and between nerve measurements from the left and right sides of the body. Both nerves were visualized in all subjects. Subject height correlated significantly with the anteroposterior diameter of the right ulnar nerve. Body mass index correlated significantly with the surface area of both ulnar nerves, with the anteroposterior diameter of both ulnar nerves, with the transverse diameter of the left ulnar nerve, and with the transverse diameter of the right common peroneal nerve. There was a statistically significant difference in anteroposterior diameter of the left ulnar and left common peroneal nerves between women and men. There were no significant differences between left- and right-side measurem...Continue Reading

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