Jae W Song,Lynda J Yang,Stephen M Russell
Jae W Song
Peripheral nerve regeneration research has unfolded a wealth of basic science knowledge in the last century. Today, that knowledge has become the fundamental groundwork for evolving clinical applications to treat peripheral nerve defects. T...
R Morgan Stuart,Christopher J Winfree
R Morgan Stuart
Disorders of the peripheral nervous system often present a unique challenge to the clinician or surgeon, because the neuropathic pain associated with them can be extremely resistant to typical pain treatments. Painful peripheral nerve disor...
From the battlefront: peripheral nerve surgery in modern day warfare [0.03%]
战地神经外科手术——现代战争中周围神经损伤的治疗
James M Ecklund,Geoffrey S F Ling
James M Ecklund
Warfare historically causes a large number of peripheral nerve injuries. During the current global war on terror, an increased use of advanced regional anesthesia techniques appears to have significantly reduced pain syndromes that have bee...
Godard C W de Ruiter,Robert J Spinner,Michael J Yaszemski et al.
Godard C W de Ruiter et al.
The concept of the nerve tube has been a major topic of research in the field of peripheral nerve regeneration for more than 25 years. The first nerve tubes are currently available for clinical use. This article gives an overview of the exp...
Iatrogenic nerve injuries [0.03%]
医源性神经损伤
Thomas Kretschmer,Christian W Heinen,Gregor Antoniadis et al.
Thomas Kretschmer et al.
As long as humans have been medically treated, unfortunate cases of inadvertent injury to nerves afflicted by the therapist have occurred. Most microsurgically treated iatrogenic nerve injuries occur directly during an operation. Certain ne...
Thomas Kretschmer,Gregor Antoniadis,Hans-Peter Richter et al.
Thomas Kretschmer et al.
In the hands of the inexperienced, endoscopic carpal tunnel release bears a substantial risk for neurovascular injury. For those thoroughly trained in this technique, it is a fast and elegant but also more expensive way to achieve carpal tu...
Brian T Carlsen,Allen T Bishop,Alexander Y Shin
Brian T Carlsen
Traumatic brachial plexus injuries are devastating and management is complex. Treatment involves a multidisciplinary approach. Primary reconstruction involves nerve repair, grafting, and transfer techniques. Secondary reconstruction include...
Nerve root replantation [0.03%]
神经根再植术
Thomas Carlstedt
Thomas Carlstedt
Traumatic avulsion of nerve roots from the spinal cord is a devastating event that usually occurs in the brachial plexus of young adults following motor vehicle or sports accidents or in newborn children during difficult childbirth. A strat...
Bassam M J Addas,Rajiv Midha
Bassam M J Addas
Nerve transfers are becoming used increasingly for repair of severe nerve injures, especially brachial plexus injuries, where the proximal spinal nerve roots have been avulsed from the spinal cord. The procedure essentially involves the coa...
David G Kline
David G Kline
This article is a presentation of personal experience and resultant views by the author on the timing of surgery for nerve injury, especially that for brachial plexus injuries. The author presents arguments for early and delayed surgery bas...