2 results match your criteria: "The Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve Surgery[Affiliation]"
J Reconstr Microsurg
July 2023
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Background: Peripheral nerve surgeons often require additional imaging for examination, diagnostic testing, and preoperative planning. Point-of-care ultrasound (US) is a cost-effective, accessible, and well-established technique that can assist the surgeon in diagnosing and treating select peripheral nerve pathologies. With this knowledge, the properly trained surgeon may perform US-guided nerve blocks to help accurately diagnose and treat causes of neuropathic pain.
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July 2016
The Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Towson, MD, USA. Electronic address:
The success of a microneurosurgical intervention in leprous neuropathy (LN) depends on the diagnosis of chronic compression before irreversible paralysis and digital loss occurs. In order to determine the effectiveness of a different approach for early identification of LN, neurosensory testing with the Pressure-Specified Sensory Device™ (PSSD), a validated and sensitive test, was performed in an endemic zone for leprosy. A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze a patient sample meeting the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for Hansen's disease.
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