Peripheral Nerve Lesions
Subtitle: Nerve Surgery and Secondary Reconstructive Repair
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9783540443940
Subjects: Neurosurgery; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Neurology - General; Orthopedics; Surgery - Neurosurgery; Medical / Surgery / Neurosurgery; Microsurgery; Nerve Lesion; Nerve Recovery; Nerve Tumor; Peripheral Nerve; Timing of Treatment; Nerves, Peripheral; Peripheral Nerves; Regeneration; Surgery; Wounds and injuries
First sentence: Efforts to improve peripheral nerve surgery were already under way at the end of the nineteenth century, but unfortunately did not succeed in providing sufficiently acceptable results.
Description: Provides extensive coverate of peripheral nerve surgery. This includes the pathology and pathophysiology of compression neuropathies, traumatic nerve lesions and nerve tumors, and their treatment with various techniques. All body regions are described adequately. The second part of the book deals with palliative surgery for reconstruction of lost function.