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SUBMITTER: Presazzi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3558235 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Presazzi A A Bortolotto C C Zacchino M M Madonia L L Draghi F F
Journal of ultrasound 20110203 1
The carpal tunnel is an osteofibrous canal situated in the volar wrist. The boundaries are the carpal bones and the flexor retinaculum. In addition to the medial nerve, the carpal tunnel contains nine tendons: the flexor pollicis longus, the four flexor digitorum superficialis and the four flexor digitorum profundus. Ultrasound (US) study of the carpal tunnel generally involves short-axis imaging of the tendons, and in the presence of disease, long-axis imaging and dynamic maneuvers are added. T ...[more]