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Integrating Principles and Evidence

Integrating Principles and Evidence

-Peripheral Nerves

Ulnar Claw Hand

Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim ,University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

Connector Assisted Nerve Repair Demo

Courtesy: Dr Dominic Power FRCS Consultant Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgeon Birmingham, UK Key information: Nerve repair can be performed with micro neural suture, augmented with a nerve conduit or accomplished with a conduit with remote sutures. The benefit is the reduction of fascicle architecture distortion or ischaemia at the repair site that accompanies direct […]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and #Diabetes

Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA Video describes association between carpal tunnel syndrome and diabetes mellitus. About 20 % of diabetic patients develops carpal tunnel syndrome. Nerves which developed peripheral neuropathy are more vulnerable to damage in carpal tunnel compression. Managemant of carpal tunnel syndrome in diabetic patient is a challenging situation.Initially […]

Hitchhiker’s sign

  Extension of the thumb is sometimes called the hitchhike sign. The hitchhike sign is used in two conditions to identify a problem: radial nerve or posterior interosseous nerve palsy and diastrophic dwarfism. Radial nerve or posterior interosseous nerve palsy: The fracture may cause injury to the radial nerve which results in paralysis of the […]

Anterior Interosseous #Nerve OK Signs

Courtesy:Prof Nabile Ebraheim, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA Anterior Interosseous Nerve (AIN) Syndrome (Kiloh–Nevin Syndrome) Introduction Kiloh–Nevin syndrome was first described in 1948 by Parsonage and Turner and later defined in 1952 by Kiloh and Nevin. It represents a compressive forearm neuropathy affecting the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN). Characterized by pure motor deficits without sensory […]