Featured as a single volume this is a comprehensive guide to possible nerve entrapment
syndromes and their management. Each chapter covers a single nerve or group of closely related
nerves and goes over the clinical presentation anatomy physical exam differential diagnosis
contributing factors injection techniques neurolytic surgical techniques treatments of
perpetuating factors and complications. Nerve entrapments can occur throughout the body and
cause headaches chest pain abdominal pain pelvic pain low back pain and upper and lower
extremity pain. As an example one of the most common forms of nerve entrapment syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects roughly 1 in 20 people in the United States and is only one of
several types of entrapment syndromes possible for the median nerve. Chapters are also
extensively illustrated and include 3D anatomical images. The additional online material
enhances the book with more than 50 videos - at least 2 for each nerve. This enables readers to
easily navigate the book. In addition to a conventional index it includes a Pain Problems Index
for searching by symptom. Peripheral Nerve Entrapments: Clinical Diagnosis and Management is a
long-needed resource for pain physicians emergency room physicians and neurologists.
