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Focal Neuropathies

  • 1 Edición, Volumen 201 - 30 de abril de 2024
  • Última edición
  • Editor: Colin Chalk
  • Idioma: Inglés

Facial Neuropathies, Volume 202 summarizes research and treatment on focal neuropathies to update clinicians on nerve biology and new diagnostic techniques to guide invest… Leer más

Descripción

Facial Neuropathies, Volume 202 summarizes research and treatment on focal neuropathies to update clinicians on nerve biology and new diagnostic techniques to guide investigation and treatment of mononeuropathies. The book explores research broadly applicable to all types of mononeuropathies as well as individual mononeuropathy syndromes. Chapters on individual mononeuropathies include anatomy, causes, controversial diagnoses, and current or potential future treatments.

Puntos claves

  • Summarizes new research on treatment for focal neuropathies
  • Differentiates and advises on controversial diagnoses
  • Includes neuropathies by location as well as syndrome or type of neuropathy
  • Covers biology, diagnosis, imaging, etiology, and treatment

De interès para

Clinical neurologists

Índice

1. Hallmarks of peripheral nerve injury and regeneration

2. The role of imaging in focal neuropathies

3. The role of electrodiagnosis in focal neuropathies

4. Carpal tunnel syndrome

5. Other median neuropathies

6. Ulnar neuropathy

7. Radial neuropathy

8. Axillary and musculocutaneous neuropathies

9. Fibular (peroneal) neuropathy

10. Sciatic and tibial neuropathies

11. Femoral and obturator neuropathies

12. Meralgia paresthetica

13. Piriformis syndrome

14. Surgery for mononeuropathies

15. Peripheral nerve tumors

16. Focal inflammatory neuropathies

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Volumen: 201
  • Publicado: 30 de abril de 2024
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el editor

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Colin Chalk

Colin Chalk graduated from McGill University (MD,CM 1984), trained in neurology at Mayo Clinic and Oxford University, and completed a fellowship in peripheral nerve diseases at Mayo Clinic. He returned to McGill in 1991. From 2004 to 2019 he was the Director of the Division of Neurology, Montréal General Hospital. He runs peripheral neuropathy and myasthenia gravis clinics at the Montréal General Hospital, and is in charge of the Montréal General’s EMG laboratory. He also has a major administrative and teaching role in the McGill Faculty of Medicine’s undergraduate medical curriculum. His scholarly work in neuromuscular disease includes several Cochrane reviews, participation in multicentre clinical trials, and papers on clinical aspects of neuromuscular disease.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Montréal General Hospital, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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