Tendon, Nerve and Other Disorders

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 16
1 Acute traumatic injuries of the digital extensor mechanism......Page 20
2 Late reconstruction of the extensor tendons......Page 43
3 Primary repair in flexor tendon lesions......Page 92
4 Flexor tendon grafts......Page 110
5 Rehabilitation after tendon injuries......Page 136
6 Nerve repair: experimental and clinical update......Page 177
7 Peripheral nerve repair: techniques and results......Page 194
8 Tendon transfers: general considerations......Page 228
9 Paralysis of flexion and extension of the elbow......Page 237
10 Paralysis of the radial nerve......Page 265
11 Paralysis of the thumb......Page 297
12 Paralysis of the ulnar nerve......Page 335
13 Associated paralysis......Page 385
14 Trauma of the adult brachial plexus......Page 399
15 Paralysis of terminal branches of the brachial plexus......Page 411
16  Neurotization in brachial plexus injuries......Page 441
17 Paralytic disorders of the shoulder girdle......Page 467
18 Obstetrical paralysis......Page 489
19  Aetiology and pathophysiology of nerve compression......Page 533
20 Anatomical bases for brachial plexus and subclavian artery compression......Page 550
21 Thoracic outlet syndrome, scalene complex and interscalene passages: new concepts......Page 565
22 Thoracic outlet syndrome......Page 588
23  Radial nerve compression......Page 624
24 Median nerve compression......Page 647
25 Other nerve compression lesions in the upper extremity......Page 669
26 Nerve entrapment syndromes in musicians......Page 679
27 Hyponeurotization in spastic palsies......Page 705
28 Surgery of the infantile spastic hand in cerebral palsy......Page 713
29 Embryology and classification of the malformations......Page 744
30 Ulnar deficiency......Page 761
31 Rheumatoid arthritis Pathogenesis of wrist and finger deformities......Page 783
32  The rheumatoid wrist......Page 823
33  Extensor tenosynovitis......Page 869
34 Flexor tenosynovitis and flexor tendon rupture......Page 886
35 Arthroplasties and arthrodeses of the fingers......Page 898
36  Treatment of rheumatoid finger deformities......Page 920
37  The rheumatoid thumb: surgical treatment......Page 946
38  Indications for surgical treatment of the rheumatoid hand and wrist......Page 969
39 Tendinitis of the wrist and epicondylitis......Page 1003
40 Occupational disorders in the upper extremity......Page 1036
41 Soft tissue and bone tumors of the hand......Page 1051
Index......Page 1089