Tunnel Syndromes

The need for a comprehensive resource with easy-to-find information has increased with the addition of nine new syndromes. Tunnel Syndromes: Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes provides a quick overview of tunnel syndromes including the definition, anatomy, etiology, clinical signs and symptoms, and treatment. It presents a total of 50 tunnel syndromes. Following the tradition of the first two editions, this resource continues to probe the origins of tunnel syndromes and to propose probable causes that lead to them.

All existing chapters have been updated and new chapters have been added including:

Spinal accessory nerve syndrome

Intercostobrachial nerve syndrome

Notalgia paresthetica

Medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve syndrome

Distal posterior interosseous nerve syndrome

Medial superior cluneal nerve syndrome

Pudendus nerve syndrome

Lateral plantar nerve syndrome

Medial plantar nerve syndrome

New in this Edition:

New syndromes of clinical importance

Improved illustrations, including new magnetic resonance images

Twenty-seven new drawings (graphic designs) and twenty new photos

Updated references with a total of more than 1,650 citations