, Götz Penkert2 and Thomas Schelle3 (1) Neurological Department, Freiberg Hospital, Freiberg, Germany (2) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany (3) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 8.1 Spinal Accessory Nerve…
, Götz Penkert2 and Thomas Schelle3 (1) Neurological Department, Freiberg Hospital, Freiberg, Germany (2) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany (3) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 9.1 Ilio-hypogastric, Ilio-inguinal, Genito-femoral…
(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 5.1 Introduction Electrodiagnostic examination (EDX) consists of two major parts: nerve conduction studies (NCS), including long latency reflex testing (F-waves), and…
(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 6.1 High Resolution Ultrasound (HRUS) 6.1.1 Introduction In 1988, Fornage was the first to introduce the sonography of peripheral nerves [1]….
(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 10.1 Introduction The following chapter will focus on a couple of generalized or multifocal disorders affecting peripheral nerves, plexus and motor-neurons,…
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 2.1 Macroscopic Anatomy of the Peripheral Nerve System and Variations Each physician who starts to deal with peripheral nerves – and particularly focal…
(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany Similar to autoimmune neuropathies, plexiform growth variants of tumors of the peripheral nerve sheath (plexiform neurofibroma, perineurioma) may lead to a…
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 11.1 General Considerations Focal nerve lesions due to trauma are relatively rare diseases we have to deal with. The following chapter is therefore…
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 13.1 Types, Symptoms, and Diagnosis Most types of nerve tumor are characterized by the same slowly proceeding symptoms that we consider as typical…
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 7.1 Technical Implications The surgical treatment of focal entrapments predominantly consists of nerve relief and decompression. Entrapment syndromes are lesions in anatomically narrowed…
