Entrapment Syndromes

Nerve Entrapment Syndromes

may present with well-defi ned symptoms of ulnar nerve compression at the elbow; electrical studies, however, may have normal results in the ulnar nerve but reveal changes of carpal tunnel syndrome (which may be either subclinical or less symptomatic to the patient). Post-traumatic thickening of the brachial fascia in the distal arm can produce a simultaneous median and lateral antebrachial ner...

Nerve Entrapment Syndromes in the Wrist.

The patient with compression neuropathies of the median and ulnar nerves at the wrist commonly presents with pain, paresthesias, and weakness in the hand and digits. Diagnosis of these conditions is becoming more widespread with the increased attention given to "cumulative trauma disorders" during the past decade. Successful management requires a thorough understanding of the pathophysiology of...

Outcomes for peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes.

Peripheral nerve entrapment lesions are common clinical disorders. Despite this fact, many neurosurgeons do not have vast training or experience in the diagnosis and management of patients with peripheral nerve entrapments or do not treat these patients because of lack of interest or referral patterns. There are many other reasons to develop a niche for this area of neurosurgery and to incorpor...

Upper extremity nerve entrapment syndromes in sports: an update.

Peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes are difficult diagnoses to make. Symptoms are often vague and mimic other musculoskeletal pathology. Clinicians' best diagnostic tools for entrapment neuropathies are a good history, physical examination, and anatomical knowledge. Neurodiagnostic testing and advanced imaging have some role to play in entrapment neuropathies, but these are not always necessa...

Entrapment.