Diagnostic and Interventional Sonography Innsbruck

Nervous system

The sonographic evaluation of the peripheral nervous system is a very specialized examination and is the first line modality in questions regarding nerve pathology. Beside compressionneuropathies, traumatic nerve lesions and tumours of the peripheral nervous system are evaluated.

Exemplary specialized nerve examinations:

Plexus cervicalis/brachialis + kleine Halsnerven

Nervus axillaris

Nervus musculocutaneus

Nervus Nervus medianus (Karpaltunnelsyndrom, Pronator teres Syndrom)

Nervus ulnaris (Kubitaltunnelsyndrom, Loge de Guyon Syndrom)

Nervus radialis R. profundus (Supinatorlogensyndrom)

Nervus radialis R. superficialis (Wartenberg-Syndrom)

Nervus cutaneous femoris lateralis (Meralgia paraesthetica)

Border-Nerves (Nervus ilioinguinalis, Nervus iliohypograstricus)

Nervus pudendus

Nervus ischiadicus

Nervus femoralis

Tibialis (Tarsaltunnelsyndrom)

Nervus peroneus

Nervus saphenus + Ramus infrapatellaris

Nervus suralis