Focal Peripheral Neuropathies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Introduction

   • Götz Penkert

   Pages 1-2

3. Anatomy of the Peripheral Nerve System

   • Götz Penkert

   Pages 3-9

4. Pathophysiology of Nerve Lesions

   • Götz Penkert

   Pages 11-15

5. Clinical Presentation of Focal Nerve Lesions

   • Götz Penkert

   Pages 17-24

6. Electrodiagnostic Testing of the Peripheral Nerves

   • Thomas Schelle

   Pages 25-56

7. Imaging of the Peripheral Nerves

   • Thomas Schelle

   Pages 57-122

8. Surgical Treatment of Focal Neuropathies

   • Götz Penkert

   Pages 123-129

9. Nerve Entrapment at Shoulder and Arm

   • Josef Böhm, Götz Penkert, Thomas Schelle

   Pages 131-250

10. Nerve Entrapment at Trunk and Leg

    • Josef Böhm, Götz Penkert, Thomas Schelle

    Pages 251-336

11. Generalized or Multifocal Disorders Occasionally Mimicking Focal Neuropathies

    • Thomas Schelle

    Pages 337-364

12. Focal Nerve Trauma

    • Götz Penkert

    Pages 365-378

13. Nerve Torsion (Rotation)

    • Götz Penkert

    Pages 379-380

14. Nerve Tumors

    • Götz Penkert

    Pages 381-392

15. Focal Tumor-Like Lesions

    • Thomas Schelle

    Pages 393-402

16. Back Matter

    Pages 403-409

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Every neurosurgeon as well as many surgeons in other disciplines, including plastic and orthopedic surgeons, may unexpectedly be confronted with an entrapment syndrome or a nerve trauma. With a view to preventing costly transfers to expert clinics, this manual for practitioners offers optimized step-by-step figures illustrating how best to approach every relevant nerve lesion. Clear advice is also provided on differential diagnosis from inflammatory neuropathies, which will assist in avoiding false indications for surgery. This is a true manual for practitioners that offers excellent guidance for all surgeons while in the operating theater.

• diagnosis
• leg
• nerve entrapment
• peripheral nerve
• shoulder

• Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany

  Götz Penkert

• Neurological Department, Freiberg Hospital, Freiberg, Germany

  Josef Böhm

• Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany

  Thomas Schelle

Götz Penkert obtained his MD from the University of Frankfurt in 1973 and later gained his PhD from the University of Hannover Medical School. After working as a neurosurgeon at the Altona Hospital, Hamburg, he joined the Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover, where he served as Vice Chairman and Assistant Professor from 1987 to 1998. Since 1999 Dr. Penkert has been Professor and Chairman of the Neurosurgical Clinic at the Friederikenstift, Hannover. He is a member of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve and is author of Peripheral Nerve Lesions, published by Springer in 2004. Josef Böhm was born in Tirgu-Mures, Romania, in 1960. He has worked at the Neurological Department, Freiberg since 2000, and in 2002 was appointed Chief of the Department. He holds qualifications from the German Neurophysiological Society and the German Society of Ultrasound Medicine. Dr. Böhm is the author of High-resolution sonography in the diagnosis of peripheral nerve diseases, the course book for the 2 DresdenTraining Course on Endoscopic Peripheral Nerve Surgery (2007) and Sonography of peripheral nerves – clinical applications (Toshiba, Visions, 2008). Thomas Schelle was born in Wolfen, Germany, in 1969. Since 2001 he has been Senior Consultant in the Department of Neurology, Dessau-Rosslau Hospital, and in 2006 he became an accredited instructor in electroneurography and electromyography for the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging. In 2010 he received accreditation as a DEGUM course instructor for nerve and muscle sonography.

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