Umut Orkun Çelebi1, Veysel Burulday2, Mehmet Faik Özveren3, Adil Doğan1, Mehmet Hüseyin Akgül4. 1. Department of Radiology, Kirikkale University School of Medicine, Yahsihan, 71450, Kirikkale, Turkey. 2. Department of Radiology, Kirikkale University School of Medicine, Yahsihan, 71450, Kirikkale, Turkey. vedoctor@hotmail.com. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, Kirikkale University School of Medicine, Yahsihan, 71450, Kirikkale, Turkey. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, Yuksek Ihtisas State Hospital, Kirikkale, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare strain elastography (SE) and shear wave elastography (SWE) findings of the sciatic nerve in patients with unilateral lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and healthy control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group included patients with complaints of unilateral sciatica for 3-12 months, with foraminal stenosis due to one level of LDH (L4-L5 or L5-S1). An age- and gender-matched control group was formed of healthy subjects. Evaluations were performed on both the axial and longitudinal planes from the bilateral gluteal region using a 5-9 MHz multifrequency convex probe. RESULTS: There were 40 patients (20 male, 20 female) with a mean age of 43.1 ± 12.7 years in the study group, and 40 healthy subjects (22 male, 18 female) with a mean age of 42.9 ± 10.7 years in the control group (p > 0.05). The sciatic nerve stiffness assessed on both the axial (12.3 ± 3.7 kPA) and longitudinal (14.3 ± 3.8 kPA) planes of the involved side was significantly higher than non-involved side (axial: 6.8 ± 2.1 and longitudinal: 8.3 ± 2.3 kPA) in the patient group (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with unilateral LDH have increased stiffness of the sciatic nerve compared to healthy control subjects. Although the findings in this preliminary study show that shear wave elastography can detect a change in sciatic nerve stiffness in patients with unilateral LDH, larger studies are required to determine the clinical utility of this technique.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare strain elastography (SE) and shear wave elastography (SWE) findings of the sciatic nerve in patients with unilateral lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and healthy control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group included patients with complaints of unilateral sciatica for 3-12 months, with foraminal stenosis due to one level of LDH (L4-L5 or L5-S1). An age- and gender-matched control group was formed of healthy subjects. Evaluations were performed on both the axial and longitudinal planes from the bilateral gluteal region using a 5-9 MHz multifrequency convex probe. RESULTS: There were 40 patients (20 male, 20 female) with a mean age of 43.1 ± 12.7 years in the study group, and 40 healthy subjects (22 male, 18 female) with a mean age of 42.9 ± 10.7 years in the control group (p > 0.05). The sciatic nerve stiffness assessed on both the axial (12.3 ± 3.7 kPA) and longitudinal (14.3 ± 3.8 kPA) planes of the involved side was significantly higher than non-involved side (axial: 6.8 ± 2.1 and longitudinal: 8.3 ± 2.3 kPA) in the patient group (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:Patients with unilateral LDH have increased stiffness of the sciatic nerve compared to healthy control subjects. Although the findings in this preliminary study show that shear wave elastography can detect a change in sciatic nerve stiffness in patients with unilateral LDH, larger studies are required to determine the clinical utility of this technique.
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