Objective: Phantom limb pain and stump pain frequently occur after limb amputation, and stump neuromas play an important role in generation of the pain. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a previously described optimized procedure for sclerosis of painful stump neuromas under real-time high-resolution sonographic guidance.
Subjects And Methods: In this prospective study, neurosclerosis was performed on 82 patients by means of high-resolution sonographically guided injection of up to 0.
Objective: Endovascular occlusion of the celiac artery can be performed along with occlusion of a celiac trunk aneurysm or stenting of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm to prevent a type II endoleak. Because only a few individual cases have been previously available for study, the aim of this study was to examine the technical details, clinical course, and outcome of this procedure based on a group of patients.
Methods: This retrospective study included 10 patients who underwent endovascular occlusion of the celiac artery between 1998 and 2006 (female/male = 1:4, mean age, 62.
Peripheral nerve tumors are not frequent, but due to their association with a nerve they are somewhat special. They may be encountered incidentally during evaluation of a soft-tissue mass or when a nerve lesion is clinically suspected and the recognition of such a lesion and its differential diagnosis is key for successful therapy and patient prognosis. As sonography is often the first line modality in the work-up of a soft-tissue mass, the sonographer should be aware of the typical features of such lesions in order to arrive at the correct diagnosis, and this article tries to give an overview of the histological subtypes of peripheral nerve tumors and their sonographic characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe a unique case of bilateral os lunatotriquetrum associated with bilateral hypoplasia of the scaphoid bone. On both sides, the medial carpi were in a single row. The capitate bone occupied the lunate position, whereas the lunatotriquetral bone was displaced ulnarly and tilted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of this series is to describe sonographic findings in 3 patients with plantar vein thrombosis.
Methods: Three patients had sudden pain and swelling at the plantar side of the affected foot. Sonography of the plantar foot was performed with a broadband linear array working at 5 to 12 MHz.