Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (35): 5681-5686.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1016

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Characteristics and significance of high-frequency color Doppler ultrasound in assessing tibial nerve and its main branches of healthy adults  

Yuan Chen, Jing Jiangxin, Liu Chunhong   

  1. Department of Ultrasound, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830063, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Online:2018-12-18 Published:2018-12-18
  • Contact: Liu Chunhong, Department of Ultrasound, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830063, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Yuan Chen, Master candidate, Physician, Department of Ultrasound, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830063, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:

    the Graduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Xinjiang Medical University, No. CXCY2017070

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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: In the past decades, neuromuscular ultrasound has become an effective method for the diagnosis of peripheral nerve diseases. Only a few scholars at abroad have studied the tibial nerve in detail. However, the details of armpit to the plantar branches of the tibial nerve are none reported in China.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the features of high-frequency color Doppler ultrasound sonography of normal adult phrenic nerve and its main branches and its possible clinical significance.
METHODS: Ultrasonography was used to probe 200 healthy adult volunteers with 400 tibial nerves and their main branches to observe the characteristics of the sonographic features, walking, adjoining structures, and blood flow signal display. The anteroposterior diameter, lateral diameter and cross-sectional area of the iliac nerves and soles at the axillary and medial malleolus were measured.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) High-frequency color Doppler ultrasound showed 100% display rate of sacral nerves in 200 healthy adult volunteers, and their walking and sonography had certain characters. (2) There was no significant difference between left and right tibial nerves at the selected sites (P > 0.05). (3) The cross-sectional area of male tibial nerve at the selected sites was slightly larger than that of the females (P > 0.05). (4) The cross-sectional area of tibial nerve was positively correlated with height and body mass (P < 0.01). (5) These results imply that high-frequency color ultrasound has a good display for the tibial nerve and its main branches, which can provide normal human imaging data for anatomical studies. 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：人工关节；骨植入物；脊柱；骨折；内固定；数字化骨科；组织工程

Key words: Ultrasonography, Doppler, Tibial Nerve, Tissue Engineering

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