Ultrasound imaging of the musculocutaneous nerve of infants, preschool children, and school children.
| Autor: | Matsota PK; 2nd Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece. matsota@yahoo.gr., Paraskevopoulos TM; 2nd Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece., Kalimeris KA; 2nd Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece., Nicolaidou PN; 3rd Pediatric Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece., Kostopanagiotou GG; 2nd Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, 12462, Athens, Greece. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of anesthesia [J Anesth] 2015 Oct; Vol. 29 (5), pp. 790-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 07. |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00540-015-2010-3 |
| Abstrakt: | The purpose of this imaging study was to investigate whether the musculocutaneous nerve could be visualized ultrasonographically in childhood and to assess how its visualization changes with age. Forty-two children participated in this prospective imaging study. The musculocutaneous nerve was sought both proximally (near the axillary artery) and distally (within the coracobrachialis muscle) by use of an linear ultrasound probe. Location of the musculocutaneous nerve was good (93 %) for all the children, both proximally and distally. For school-aged children, distal visualization of the musculocutaneous nerve reached 100 %. The musculocutaneous nerve is detectable in childhood by use of ultrasonography; success of detection was high for all the age groups examined. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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