Management of Penetrating (Lacerating) Nerve Injuries
30 Management of Penetrating (Lacerating) Nerve Injuries Mandeep S. Tamber and Rajiv Midha Case Presentation A 17-year-old male was the victim of several stab wounds. The wound relevant to this…
NEUROSURGERY
Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome/Compression
20 Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome/Compression Allen H. Maniker Case Presentation A 52-year-old female presented with a year-long history of progressive pain in her right upper extremity. Over the previous several…
Ulnar Nerve Entrapment at the Elbow
27 Ulnar Nerve Entrapment at the Elbow Farhad Pirouzmand and Rajiv Midha Case Presentation A 66-year-old, right-handed man presented with progressive right-hand numbness and weakness. He had had a successful…
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
21 Carpal Tunnel syndrome Sheila k. Singh and Rajiv Midha Case Presentation A 51-year-old, left-handed homemaker presented with a 2- to 3-year history of progressively worsening paresthesias, numbness, and tingling…
Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy
16 Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy Adrian W. Laxton and Rajiv Midha Case Presentation A 23-year-old, right-handed network analyst presented with a protruberant right scapula and difficulty elevating his right arm….
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
12 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Eric L. Zager Case Presentations Patient #1 This 18-year-old, right-handed female was referred by a neurologist with a 5-year history of progressive, relatively painless, weakness and…
Brachial Plexus Avulsion—Diagnostic Issues
1 Brachial Plexus Avulsion—Diagnostic Issues Thomas Kretschmer and Robert L. Tiel Case Presentation This 18-year-old male pedestrian was struck by two cars and thrown under one. He held on to…
Injury to the Median Nerve above the Elbow
19 Injury to the Median Nerve above the Elbow Ben Roitberg Case Presentation A 49-year-old female with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) had an arteriovenous (AV) graft placed in the left…
Neurotization in Brachial Plexus Injury
11 Neurotization in Brachial Plexus Injury Rahul K. Nath, Saleh M. Shenaq, John Laurent, Rita Lee, and Maureen Nelson Case Presentation The patient is a 19-year-old male student who was…
Digital Nerve Injuries
24 Digital Nerve Injuries Paul Binhammer Case Presentation A 23-year-old, right-hand-dominant floor installer sustained a utility knife laceration to his left distal palm resulting in numbness in the distribution of…
