Orthopedist Yuko Nakashima-ultrasound-guided diagnosis-Hiroshima University Hospital (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

Orthopedist Yuko Nakashima-ultrasound-guided diagnosis-Hiroshima University Hospital

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With the help of high-resolution ultrasonography, Dr. Yuko Nakashima and her co-researchers were the first to detect via preoperative imaging cases of hourglass-like fascicular constriction, a condition that causes palsy. Before this, constrictions have only been discovered through surgical exploration.

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Hiroshima University

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