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Abstract
Entrapment neuropathies are common clinical scenarios in practice. Diagnosis was based on the clinical picture and typical symptoms and signs. Clinical criteria was approved for diagnosis of these syndromes; carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS), but these criteria depends on typical signs and symptoms presentations and can’t diagnose cases who are presented with a typical symptoms like “writer’s cramp” or fatigue, pain in the shoulder only, cold sensitivity in the fingers, forearm pain, or numbness in the third finger only (Ibrahim et al., 2012b).
Ultrasound imaging of nerve in isolation or in conjunction with electrodiagnostic testing is a rapidly evolving field. Electrodiagnosis provides diagnostic information regarding the presence of neuropathy and useful prognostic information based on the severity of axon loss and demyelination. In contrast to electrodiagnosis, high-resolution ultrasound in nerve disease provides anatomic information about the nerve itself and surrounding structures (Boon, 2013).
In the current study, our aim was to evaluate the role of neuromuscular ultrasound in the assessment of entrapment neuropathies of median nerve at the wrist and ulnar nerve at the elbow; and to determine the relationships of ultrasound findings with the clinical severity of carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome, and the electrophysiological grading scale.