Letter: Ultrasound in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Wide-Open Field

In Reply: Ultrasound in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Wide-Open Field

“…We acknowledge that ultrasound has been studied extensively outside of the spinal cord in the setting of SCI. Abulla et al 2 have mentioned ultrasound-based diagnosis and monitoring of hematoma, deep vein thrombosis, and muscle atrophy. 1 In addition, studies have applied ultrasound to enhance the management of pressure ulcers, bladder dysfunction, and musculoskeletal and vascular conditions in patients with SCI.…”

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To the Editor:We thank Dr Abulla and colleagues for their interest in our article. 1,2 Novel applications of ultrasound are vast and ever increasing. We limited our review to studies that applied ultrasound to the spinal cord because of the shear breadth and depth of ultrasound research in spinal cord injury (SCI).

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