Musculoskeletal Imaging - Review

US findings in traumatic wrist and hand injuries

10.5152/dir.2013.030

  • Nuri Karabay

Received Date: 27.08.2012 Accepted Date: 16.11.2012 Diagn Interv Radiol 2013;19(4):320-325

Traumatic injuries of the wrist and hand are common. Ultrasonography (US) is a cost-effective, noninvasive, and effective imaging method for diagnosing traumatic lesions affecting the tendons, annular pulleys, ligaments, vessels, and nerves, and for detecting foreign bodies in the wrist and hand. The objective of this article was to review the main US findings of traumatic lesions in the wrist and hand.