Management of Peripheral Nerve Problem

Ch. 1 Peripheral Nerve Injuries: 45-Year Odyssey...and the Quest
Continues 3
Ch. 2 Peripheral Nerve Problems - Past, Present, and Future 7
Ch. 3 Sensitibility Testing 11
Ch. 4 Trauma Involving the Key Motor and Sensory Nerves of the
Face 29
Ch. 5 Clinical Motor Function Testing - Upper Extremity 39
Ch. 6 Clinical Motor Function Testing - Lower Extremity 50
Ch. 7 Peripheral Nerve Injuries of the Lower Extremity 56
Ch. 8 Diagnostic Nerve Blocks 65
Ch. 9 Special Diagnostic Studies 77
Ch. 10 Bilateral Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brachial
Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Imaging: Technique and Three-
Dimensional Color 82
Ch. 11 Decision Pathways for the Therapist`s Management of
Peripheral Nerve Injury 94
Ch. 12 The Effect of Extremity Blood Flow on Pain and Cold
Tolerance 107
Ch. 13 Continuous Peripheral Epineural Infusion for the
Treatment of Acute Pain 116
Ch. 14 Indications for Utilization of a Pain Clinic 120
Ch. 15 Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for
Management, of Peripheral Pain 135
Ch. 16 Painful Neuromas of the Upper Extremity and
Postneurectomy Pain 146
Ch. 17 Painful Neuromas of the Lower Extremity and
Postneurectomy Pain 151
Ch. 18 Surgical Sympathectomy and Sympathetic Blocks for the
Upper and Lower Extremities, and Local and Plexus Levels 157
Ch. 19 Surgical Exposures of the Peripheral Nerves in the
Extremities 175
Ch. 20 Pertinent Internal Topography of Peripheral Nerves 210
Ch. 21 Lower Extremity Nerve Topography (Sciatic and Femoral
Nerve) 217
Ch. 22 Normal and Anomalous Innervation Patterns of the Face and
Neck 228
Ch. 23 Trophic and Tropic Influences on Peripheral Nerve
Regeneration 235
Ch. 24 Histochemical Aids to Control Specificity in Peripheral
Nerve Repair 243
Ch. 25 Intraoperative Nerve Stimulation and Recording Techniques
251
Ch. 26 Microsurgical Nerve Repairs 260
Ch. 27 Epineurial Repair: Technique and Long-Term Results 271
Ch. 28 Fascicular Nerve Repair 274
Ch. 29 Nerve Grafts: Indications, Techniques, and Prognoses 280
Ch. 30 Nerve Lengthening Using Balloon Expansion 290
Ch. 31 Vascularized Nerve Grafts 295
Ch. 32 Autogenous and Synthetic Conduits For Nerve Repair 305
Ch. 33 Adjuncts to Suture Repair of Peripheral Nerves: Laser,
Glue, and Other Techniques 311
Ch. 34 Evaluation of the Neuroma in Continuity 319
Ch. 35 Evaluation of Nerve Gaps: Upper and Lower Extremities 328
Ch. 36 The Evaluation of Clinical Results Following Peripheral
Nerve Suture 340
Ch. 37 Pathophysiology of Peripheral Nerve Trauma 353
Ch. 38 The Prognosis for Untreated Traumatic Injuries 365
Ch. 39 Diagnosis and Management of Intracranial Nerve Lesions
371
Ch. 40 Direct Muscle Neurotization 393
Ch. 41 Peripheral Nerve Injuries and Gunshot Wounds 398
Ch. 42 Peripheral Nerve Injection Injury 406
Ch. 43 Clinical Outcome Following Acute Nerve Repair 414
Ch. 44 Lower Extremity Nerve Injuries 420
Ch. 45 Trauma Involving the Brachial Plexus 433
Ch. 46 Brachial Plexus Injuries 445
Ch. 47 Treatment of Obstetrical Palsy 454
Ch. 48 Neurotization in the Treatment of Brachial Plexus
Injuries 459
Ch. 49 Reconstruction of the Shoulder and Elbow Following
Brachial Plexus Injury 465
Ch. 50 Nerve Fiber Pathology in Acute and Chronic Compression
475
Ch. 51 Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Compression
Neuropathy 484
Ch. 52 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 494
Ch. 53 Management of Nerve Compression Lesions of the Upper
Extremity 501
Ch. 54 Conventional (Open) Carpal Tunnel Release 534
Ch. 55 Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release 538
Ch. 56 Quantitative Management of Hand Function: Application to
Medical Decision-Making and Return to the Workplace After
Cumulative Nerve Trauma 543
Ch. 57 Rehabilitation Techniques for Patients with Occupational
Disorders 551
Ch. 58 Nerve Entrapment Syndromes of the Low Back and Lower
Extremities 554
Ch. 59 Neurological Involvement of the Extremitie