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edited by David M. Dawson, Mark Hallett, and Lewis H. Millender, $35, with illus, Boston, Little Brown & Co, 1983.

Jun Kimura, MD, Reviewer
Iowa City

Arch Neurol. 1984;41(5):474.

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This book is the product of a collaboration by two neurologists and an orthopedic surgeon working together in the care of patients with entrapment neuropathies. As such, it is intended for practicing clinicians in this field and focuses on the differential diagnosis and surgical therapy. Following a brief introductory remark, each of the subsequent 12 chapters separately deals with a specific anatomic region, all representing the common sites of compression of the major nerves in the upper and lower limbs. The titles include entrapment neuropathies of the median, ulnar, radial, digital, sciatic, peroneal, tibial, and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves, as well as the thoracic outlet syndrome. A single section is devoted to miscellaneous uncommon syndromes. The last three chapters provide general discussions, which consist of the differential diagnosis of compression syndromes, the pathophysiology of nerve entrapment, and electrophysiologic techniques. An appendix contains, in table form, normal values of nerve conduction . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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