Estudo comparativo entre clínica, eletroneurografia e ultrassonografia do nervo ulnar e pacientes com hanseníase multibacilar

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Grassi, Graziela Ferrarezi da Silva [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Hanseniase; Ultrassonografia; Nervos; Estudos transversais; Ultrasonic imaging
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/128071; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/21-09-2015/000847380.pdf

A cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study of 38 ulnar nerves of multibacillary patients, aged 20 to 59 years, with diagnosis made in Dermatology course of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu (FMB-UNESP). These patients underwent palpation, ultrasound exams and electroneurography ulnar nerve left and right in order to study the nerve disease involvement and compare the test results. The nerves studied, nine (23.68%) showed no change in the results of the examinations. Those who had alterations in one or more of the tests performed, totaled 29 (76.32%). The results were compared, and those with normal changes in two or more, were called compatible. There was 20.68% compatibility between clinical, electroneurography and ultrasound. It was observed that this actually occurred when the ultrasound examination showed values close to double the normal. There was no statistical significance between the results presented; however, one must consider the correlation between the clinical, electroneurographic and ultrasonography