Feasibility of Brachial Plexus Ultrasound in Evaluation of Patients With Brachial Plexus Injuries

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Brachial Plexus Injury

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05810077

Brachial plexus ultrasound

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in assessment of patients with brachial plexus injuries before undergoing surgical exploration

Full description

Ultrasound of the brachial plexus is particularly good for assessing brachial plexus injuries, nerve sheath tumors,perineural fibrosis, metastasis, some inflammatory neuropathies, neuralgic amyotrophy and post traumatic sequele

Enrollment: 36 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients ages with brachial plexus injuries

Exclusion criteria

• patients underwent brachial plexus surgery before
• patients with surgical emphysema
• patients with serious skeletal malformations