Surgical Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves

• Main Author: Birch, Rolfe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.

Since the highly praised first edition of Surgical Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves was published in 1998, greater understanding of the the molecular and cellular events which underlie the response of nerves to injury, regeneration and neuropathic pain has been achieved. This second edition has be...

Table of Contents:

• The Peripheral Nervous System: Gross Anatomy
• The Microscopic Structure of the Nervous System: Its Function
• Reactions to Injury
• Regeneration and Recovery
• Clinical Aspects of Nerve Injury
• Clinical Neurophysiology in Peripheral Nerve Injuries
• Operating on Peripheral Nerves
• Compound Nerve Injury
• The Closed Supraclavicular Lesion
• Birth Lesions of the Brachial Plexus
• Iatrogenous Injuries
• Minimising and Managing Iatrogenous Trigeminal Nerve Injuries in Relation to Dental Procedures
• Pain
• Reconstruction
• Rehabilitation.