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ReviewJournal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury2021

Magnetic Resonance Neurography for Evaluation of Peripheral Nerves.

Vanessa Ku, Cameron Cox, Andrew Mikeska, Brendan MacKay

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Review in Journal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Advances in Imaging of Traumatic Nerve Injuries.The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2025
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  9. Neurosurgical Intervention for Nerve and Muscle Biopsies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vanessa KuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States.
Cameron CoxDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States.
Andrew MikeskaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States.
Brendan MacKayDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7538-2857
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs) continue to present both diagnostic and treatment challenges. While nerve transections are typically a straightforward diagnosis, other types of PNIs, such as chronic or traumatic nerve compression, may be more difficult to evaluate due to their varied presentation and limitations of current diagnostic tools. As a result, diagnosis may be delayed, and these patients may go on to develop progressive symptoms, impeding normal activity. In the past, PNIs were diagnosed by history and clinical examination alone or techniques that raised concerns regarding accuracy, invasiveness, or operator dependency. Magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) has been increasingly utilized in clinical settings due to its ability to visualize complex nerve structures along their entire pathway and distinguish nerves from surrounding vasculature and tissue in a noninvasive manner. In this review, we discuss the clinical applications of MRN in the diagnosis, as well as pre- and postsurgical assessments of patients with peripheral neuropathies.

Indexed as

magnetic resonance neurographyMRIMRNnerve evaluationperipheral nerve imagingperipheral nerve injury

Identifiers

PMID34007307
PMCPMC8121558
OpenAlexW3162020201

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