Nerve Compression Syndromes

The book is edited by Dr. med. Hans Assmus, Schriesheim and Prof. Dr. med. Gregor Antoniadis, Günzburg, former Director of the “Peripheral Nerve Surgery Unit” at the University of Ulm.

• Introduction.- Clinical examination.- Electrophysiological examination.- Neurosonography.- MRI diagnostics.- Main features of surgical treatment.- Compression syndromes of the median nerve.- Compression syndromes of the ulnar nerve.- Compression syndromes of the radial nerve.- Compression syndromes of the shoulder girdle.- Compression syndromes of the tibial nerve.- Compression syndromes of the peroneal nerve.- Compression syndromes of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (meralgia paraesthetica). Compression syndromes of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (meralgia paraesthetica).- Other compression syndromes of the groin region and lower extremity.- Atypical nerve compression syndromes and related clinical pictures.- Occupational mononeuropathies.- Focal neuropathies caused by physical noxae, vascular, infectious and immunological diseases.- Multiple nerve decompression in diabetic polyneuropathy, leprosy and burns of the extremities.- Index.