In the United States, it is estimated that annually six out of every 1 million people undergo surgery for peripheral nerve tumors. The neurosurgeon is often consulted to diagnose and manage tumors involving the peripheral nerves of the extremities. Intraneural…
Compression of the ulnar nerve is a well-known cause of neurologic dysfunction. Compression at the elbow (cubital tunnel syndrome) is the second most common entrapment neuropathy (only carpal tunnel is more common). Ulnar nerve compression at the wrist (within Guyon’s…
Traumatic brachial plexus injuries (BPIs) produce psychologically and functionally devastating handicaps afflicting, generally, a subset of young, healthy males in the prime of life. Seventy percent are caused by motor vehicle accidents, of which 70% are due to the use…
Summary of Key Points From proximal to distal, nerve roots, spinal nerves, and peripheral nerves may be injured via stretch, compression, trauma, or iatrogenic mechanisms. The transition from dura to epineurium occurs within the nerve root sheath, which encases the…
Introduction The diagnosis of a nerve entrapment lesion arising at the elbow can be relatively straightforward if the history, physical examination, electromyographic (EMG) and imaging studies, when indicated, all confirm the diagnosis and the localization of the lesion. However, when…
Acknowledgments: The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of Professors Rod Hentz and Kazuteru Doi, who wrote an earlier rendition of this chapter on brachial plexus injury in adults, and those of Marie-Noëlle Hébert-Blouin, who assisted with a previous version…