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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Description of ultrasound and elastography findings among cases and control groups

From: Role of conventional ultrasound and shear wave elastography of median nerve in diagnosis and differentiation of carpal tunnel syndrome severity in correlation with electrodiagnostic studies

 

Group

P values

Case (n = 31)

Control (n = 31)

Median CSA

Range

8–32

6–13

0.001

Mean ± SD

14.04 ± 5.71

8.32 ± 1.82

Delta CSA

Range

2–22

0.6–5

0.001

Mean ± SD

7.03 ± 4.52

2 ± 0.96

Wrist/forearm ratio

Range

1.2–4.1

0.8–2

0.001

Mean ± SD

1.95 ± 0.6

1.26 ± 0.3

Shear wave at wrist (Kpa)

Range

51.6–146

19.9–54.2

0.001

Mean ± SD

84.53 ± 24.41

38.08 ± 8.35

Vascularity of median nerve

No

15 (49%)

31 (100%)

0.0001

Yes

16 (51%)

0 (0%)

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