[Anatomic bases of surgical approaches to the nerves of the upper limb: tips for young surgeons]

P Rigoard; K Buffenoir-Billet; J-P Giot; A Delmotte; S d'Houtaud; F Lapierre

doi:10.1016/j.neuchi.2009.08.155

[Anatomic bases of surgical approaches to the nerves of the upper limb: tips for young surgeons]

Neurochirurgie. 2009 Oct;55(4-5):384-92. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2009.08.155. Epub 2009 Sep 26.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Rigoard¹, K Buffenoir-Billet, J-P Giot, A Delmotte, S d'Houtaud, F Lapierre

Affiliation

¹ Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital de la Milétrie, CHU de Poitiers, 2, rue de la Milétrie, BP 577, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France. [email protected]

PMID: 19783016
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2009.08.155

Abstract

Peripheral nerve surgery requires a certain level of specialization. Surgeons must have solid knowledge of morphological anatomy of the different segments to be explored, decompressed, repaired, or even neurotized. This paper describes the most common approaches to the peripheral nerves of the upper limb.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Median Nerve / anatomy & histology
Median Nerve / surgery
Muscle, Skeletal / innervation
Muscle, Skeletal / surgery
Neurosurgical Procedures*
Radial Nerve / anatomy & histology
Radial Nerve / surgery
Ulnar Nerve / anatomy & histology
Ulnar Nerve / surgery
Upper Extremity / innervation*
Upper Extremity / surgery*