Due to technological advances in ultrasound equipment, it is now possible to visualize nerves along their entire length. An international consortium of German, Algerian and Egyptian researchers compiled data from 6,061 such examinations in the context of patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT):
- A literature review and meta-analysis of the collected cases were performed using data retrieved from the literature;
- The most relevant parameter was the cross-sectional area of the nerve (CSA);
- 628 patients with all forms of CMT were included in the study and compared with 586 healthy control subjects;
- Some sites were more interesting than others, such as the vagus nerve at the carotid bifurcation or the median nerve at mid-arm.
