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Comparison of Intraneural and Extraneural Young's Modulus Using Shear Wave Elastography in Patients Undergoing Regional Anaesthesia
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Shear Wave Elastography for Regional Anaesthesia. Completed, enrolled 47 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The investigators would like to compare the stiffness inside and outside nerves using a special type of ultrasound imaging called shear wave elastography. Shear wave elastography is a special form of ultrasound as the pictures taken are in colour. An ultrasound machine has different ways of taking pictures of inside the body: one is by measuring the brightness of different body parts (often referred to as the B-Mode scan), the pictures taken in this way are the same as those you may have seen of unborn babies inside their mum's tummies; another way is by measuring the stiffness of different body structures which is how shear wave elastography works. The investigators hope that this new technology will help doctors to see the parts of the body that are important to them.
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Shear wave elastography