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Neuromodulation for Treatment of Nerve Entrapment Syndromes

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Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

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The neurosurgical management of nerve entrapment syndromes, beyond the options of decompression, transfer, and grafting, also includes the modality of neuromodulation. Neuromodulation techniques involve interrupting signals from entrapped nerves anywhere along the signal’s pathway, from just proximal to the nerve lesion up to the central nervous system.

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  1. Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Amitabh Gulati MD (Director of Chronic Pain)

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA

    Helen W. Karl MD & Tiffany Zhang MSc, PhD

  3. Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot MD, ABIPP, FIPP

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Gulati, A., Karl, H.W., Zhang, T., Trescot, A.M. (2016). Neuromodulation for Treatment of Nerve Entrapment Syndromes. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_9

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