Diagnostic performance of high-resolution ultrasound in pre- and postoperative evaluation of the hand tendons injuries

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 The HRUS findings in the study population as correlated to the gold standard

Findings	No. of cases by HRUS	No. of cases by gold standard^a
Tendon injury	17	17
Postoperative tendon integrity	13	13
Partial rupture	7	7
Complete rupture	10	10
Gap between the torn tendon ends	10	10
Postoperative abnormal motion in the dynamic study	15	15
Re-rupture	4	4
Foreign body	2	2
Tendon callus	2	2
Associated nerve injury and sonographic Tinel’s sign	2	2

^aThe gold standard was the operative data or MRI images for those who were nonsurgical candidates or refusing surgery