Peripheral Entrapment Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity

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Abstract
The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the purpose of this presentation to demonstrate some of the syndromes that arise from more distal areas where nerves are subject to trauma because of some anatomic configuration. The nerve irritation at these anatomic locations, called entrapment points, may result in a neuropathy.The role of specific trauma in the origin of these neuropathies may not always be discerned. A single traumatic incident may set up . . .

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