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Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Peripheral Nerve Anatomy

Anatomic Course and Innervation Patterns: Suprascapular, Axillary, Median, Ulnar, Radial, MCN, SAN, Upper/Middle/Lower trunks

Injury Patterns: Signs on Physical Examination

Differential Diagnosis: Nerve vs. Nerve Root Pathology

Diagnostics

Electrodiagnostics

Nerve Imaging: avulsion versus post-ganglion

Intraoperative Diagnostic Techniques and Navigation, utility of intraoperative nerve stimulation

Nerve entrapment

Median Nerve at the Wrist

Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow

Peroneal Nerve at the Knee

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

Other Nerve Entrapment Syndromes

Nerve injury

Grading of Nerve Injuries

Primary Nerve Repair

Nerve Repair with Allograft

Split Nerve Repair

External and Internal Neurolysis

Nerve Transfer (e.g. Oberlin, SAN – SS, Triceps to Axillary for upper trunk injuries)

Nerve Tumors

Benign Primary Peripheral Nerve Tumors

Malignant Primary Peripheral Nerve Tumors

Peripheral Nerve Involvement in Metastatic Disease

Neurofibromatosis

Other Tumor Syndromes

Neuropathies

Genetic Neuropathies

Inflammatory Neuropathies

Toxic Neuropathies

Degenerative Neuropathies

Timing of treatment

Window for reinnervation

Nonsurgical versus surgical treatment options and recommendations