Peripheral Nerve Injuries: Principles of Diagnosis

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Thieme, 2005 - Medical - 333 pages
Originally published in 1942 and updated in 1953, this edition is packed with everything a physician should know about peripheral nerve injuries. Peripheral Nerve Injuries contains detailed description of the anatomy of the peripheral nervous system and the techniques used to test the various portions of the peripheral nervous system by physical examination. The basics of muscle testing as well as the relationships of the muscles to the nerves are still as utilitarian today. Topics included in Peripheral Nerve Injuries: -General principles of the composition of segmental nerves, plexuses and peripheral nerves -The innervation of skin and muscles by spinal segments -The distribution of peripheral nerves -Innervation of the skeleton, and disorders of bones and joint tissues resulting from nerve injuries -Manifestations of peripheral nerve injuries -An analysis of the movements tested in neurological examination -Classification, causes and symptomatology of peripheral nerve injuries -And much more.
 

Contents

SECTION I
1
CHAPTER 2
17
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES
38
Plexus Formation at the Periphery and Overlap of Cutaneous Fields
46
SECTION II
55
CHAPTER 6
66
60
78
67
85
Ankylosis
184
SECTION IV
199
CHAPTER 11
209
The Anterior Thoracic Nerves
226
The Subscapular Nerves
234
The Median Nerve
241
The Ulnar Nerve
251
The Medial Cutaneous Nerve of the Arm and of the Forearm and the
262

Abdomen
105
CHAPTER 7
123
Fourth Degree Injury
129
Muscle Atrophy and Motor Irritative Phenomena
136
Spread of Sensory and Motor Deficit after Nerve Injury
143
Pain
151
Peripheral Nerve Injury in Fractures and Dislocations
161
Blood Vessel Injury and Aneurysm Formation
167
Tendon and Muscle Injuries
173
Combined Radian and Median or Ulnar Palsy
272
The Iliohypogastric Nerve
275
The Femoral Nerve
281
The Sciatic Nerve and Its Branches
287
The Superior and Inferior Gluteal Nerves
306
BIBLIOGRAPHY
313
INDEX
321
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