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Value of superb microvascular imaging ultrasonography in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome: Compared with color Doppler and power Doppler.
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Superb Microvascular Imaging of Median Nerve in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Novel Technique in Diagnostic Ultrasound
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- The value of conventional ultrasound combined with superb microvascular imaging and color Doppler flow imaging in the diagnosis of thyroid malignant nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) in the evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review.La Radiologia medica · 2020Pooled it
- Multilevel evaluation of the median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome using microvascular doppler ultrasonography.Skeletal radiology · 2026Article
- Microvascular flow imaging in musculoskeletal ultrasound: from technical innovation to clinical integration.Journal of ultrasonography · 2026Review
- Angio planewave ultrasensitive imaging (Angio PLUS) as an innovative technique in depicting vascularity of median nerve: a prospective observational study.BMC medical imaging · 2026Observational
- Body surface area-adjusted median nerve cross-sectional area and multimodal ultrasound improve diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
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- Entheseal Doppler signals in ultrasound are associated with vasodilator drugs and age in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2025Article
- Microvascular flow imaging of fibroids: A prospective pilot study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Advances in Imaging of Compressive Neuropathies.Hand clinics · 2024Review
- Intraneural vascularity of the median, ulnar and common peroneal nerve: Microvascular ultrasound and pathophysiological implications.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2023Article
- The Impact of Reference Standard on Diagnostic Testing Characteristics for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Future Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Compressive Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2023Review
- Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound for the Differentiation between ALS, Inflammatory, and Hereditary Polyneuropathies.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Median nerve ultrasonography examination correlates with electrodiagnostic studies for the diagnosis of moderate to severe carpal tunnel syndrome.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2023Article
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- Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) detects increased vascularity of the torn anterior cruciate ligament.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Diagnostic Utility of Superb Microvascular Imaging and Power Doppler Ultrasonography for Visualizing Enriched Microvascular Flow in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery: What You Should Know.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2020Review
- Carpal tunnel ultrasound: is the "safe zone" on the ulnar side of the median nerve really avascular?European radiology · 2020Observational
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the value of superb microvascular imaging (SMI) in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) with that of color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) and power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS).Fifty patients with symptomatic CTS and 25 healthy volunteers were enrolled. The cross-sectional area (CSA), CDUS score, PDUS score, and SMI score of the median nerve (MN) at the carpal tunnel were recorded. The value of different ultrasonography (US) diagnostic strategies was calculated.The blood flow display ratio in the MN of the healthy volunteers had no statistical difference between CDUS, PDUS, and SMI (20%, 32%, and 48%, respectively, P >.05). The blood flow display ratio for SMI in patients was significantly higher than that of CDUS and PDUS (90%, 52%, and 60%, respectively, P <.005). The accuracy of SMI score ≥2 (79%) was much higher than that of CDUS and PDUS (61% and 63%, respectively, P <.05). Comprehensive consideration of SMI and CSA, CSA≥10.5 mm, and/or SMI score ≥2 has the highest accuracy (83%), significantly higher than that of CSA combination with CDUS or PDUS (68% and 69%, respectively, P <.05).SMI is more sensitive to display the blood flow in the MN with CTS than CDUS and PDUS. It might significantly improve the diagnosis value for CTS.
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