Compressive Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity

Dean G. Sotereanos, MD, Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Specialists - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Loukia K. Papatheodorou, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Specialists - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

The Basics of Electrodiagnostic Testing Carpal Tunnel and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.- Ultrasound Anatomy of the Median and Ulnar Nerves.- Diagnosis and Clinical Presentation of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.- Standard Open Carpal Tunnel Release.- Carpal Tunnel Release with Two Small Cross-Aligned Incisions.- Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release.- Complications of Carpal Tunnel Release.- Revision Carpal Tunnel Surgical Options.- Hypothenar Fat Pad Flap-Surgical Technique. Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions Mimicking Peripheral Neuropathies.- Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.- In situ Decompression of Cubital Tunnel.- Endoscopic Ulnar Nerve Release.- Subcutaneous Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve.- Submuscular Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve.- Minimal Medial Epicondylectomy.- Revision Cubital Tunnel: Surgical Options.- Nerve Transfers for Neuropathies of the Median and Ulnar Nerve.- Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome (Guyon Canal).- Radial Tunnel Syndrome - Posterior Interosseous Nerve Compression Syndrome.- Pronator Teres Syndrome: Anterior Interosseous Nerve Compressive Neuropathy.- Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment.- Wartenberg's Syndrome.- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.- Vein Wrapping of Peripheral Nerves: Surgical Technique.- Cervical Radiculopathy Mimicking Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.- Christopher M. Treat and Christopher C. Schmidt.