1st ed. 2019 Edition
by Hannes Gruber (Editor), Alexander Loizides (Editor), Bernhard Moriggl (Editor)
This first of its kind richly illustrated book provides a tabular and
schematic representation of all the peripheral nerves in the human body
using a standardized landmark-based algorithm for the definition of the
nerve’s “Point of optimal visibility (POV)”. In this atlas the nerves
of the human body are depicted with high-frequent ultrasound probes with
frequencies up to 24 MHz: it presents not only the “known” large nerves
(N. ischiadicus, N. femoralis, N. medianus etc.), but also the tiny
nerves you have learned in your anatomy sessions but forgotten in the
course of time! Based on clear illustrations using palpaple/visible
external and easily accessible internal landmarks, it offers “nerve
sonographers” a clear sonoanatomic guidance on how to easily find the
nerve. Additionally, it describes the exact positioning of the probe so
that each nerve can be found at its point of optimal visibility.
These
mental maps for nerve sonographeurs are intended not only for beginners
but also for “advanced” specialists requiring instructions on how to
easily find even tiny peripheral nerves: especially for neurologists,
anaesthesiologists, radiologists, pain practionioners, rheumatologists
and surgeons who seek a clear standardized step by step manual on “Where
do I find a nerve the easiest?”
