Ultrasound of the nerves and clinical implications

Using modern sonographic scanners, the nerves adjacent to veins can be easily visualised during the examination. They play a particular role in the therapy of the small saphenous vein (SSV), where peroneal nerve injury can cause foot drop (1). In addition, closer inspection may reveal nerve patholog...

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Published inPhlebologie (Stuttgart, Germany) Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 105 - 107
Main Author Mendoza, E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Schattauer Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften 01.01.2014
Schattauer GmbH
Subjects
Duplex ultrasonography
endoluminal thermal procedures
Focus/Duplex ultrasound
peroneal/fibular nerve
popliteal vein
small saphenous vein
V. saphena parva
Nervus pernoeus
Endoluminal thermische Verfahren
V. poplitea
Duplexsonographie
peroneal/fibular nerve
Duplex ultrasonography
popliteal vein
endoluminal thermal procedures
small saphenous vein
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Summary:Using modern sonographic scanners, the nerves adjacent to veins can be easily visualised during the examination. They play a particular role in the therapy of the small saphenous vein (SSV), where peroneal nerve injury can cause foot drop (1). In addition, closer inspection may reveal nerve pathology, such as sciatic nerve varices (2). The femoral nerve in the groin is of less relevance when planning varicosis therapy. This paper aims to elucidate the sonomorphology of the nerves and, in the case of the peroneal nerve, takes an example of endoluminal therapy of the small saphenous vein treated conservatively with tumescence. The internal nerve structures can also be pathological, however, illustrated by nerve oedema as a concomitant symptom of popliteal vein thrombosis.
ISSN:0939-978X
2567-5826
DOI:10.12687/phleb2193-2-2014