BACKGROUND: Tendon @entity397 are common musculoskeletal injuries all around the world. Correct and timely diagnosis of @entity1796 is obviously important for improving the treatment and minimizing the community costs. Ultrasound is now being considered as one of useful modalities in this area. OBJECTIVE: The preset study is going to validate the diagnostic ability of ultrasound in @entity1796 induced by penetrating extremity @entity130 . METHODS: In this prospective, observational study, @entity1 with penetrating extremity @entity130 and suspicion of @entity1796 were enrolled in our study. A team of emergency medicine (EM) residents performed ultrasound examination in these cases after attending the specific workshop and acquiring necessary skills in normal and abnormal tendon ultrasound examination. Then another team of either EM or orthopedic residents explored @entity1 ' wounds and determined intact or injured tendons under direct visual observation. The results were analyzed to validate sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound as an alternative diagnostic test. RESULTS: Seventy-one @entity1 were enrolled in our study and 11 @entity1 were excluded during one year in 2014. Sixty @entity1 , 11 with lower extremity and 49 with @entity3140 were evaluated, among them 32 @entity1 had extensor zone and 28 @entity1 had flexure zone injuries. The overall sensitivity and specificity were calculated 94.4% (95% CI 72.7-99.8%) and 100% (95% 91.5-100.0%) respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our results were similar to previous findings. Ultrasound can effectively differentiate injured from intact tendons in penetrating extremity @entity130 .

Validity of ultrasound in diagnosis of @entity1796 in penetrating extremity XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity3140 :: ('MESH:D038062', 'Disease') :: ['upper limb injuries'] @entity397 :: ('MESH:D012421', 'Disease') :: ['ruptures'] @entity1796 :: ('MESH:D013708', 'Disease') :: ['tendon injuries'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['trauma']
