Background Finger extension weakness could be a presentation of either posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) syndrome or multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). However, there is a delay in the diagnosis of ...

A 21 year old woman sustained a "thrower’s fracture" of the distal humerus and radial nerve palsy while throwing a softball. She was treated by internal fixation. Her fracture united, and radial nerve ...

The variables analyzed were: age, gender, presence of radial nerve injury, causal agent and the type of treatment carried out. Results: The main causes of trauma were car accidents. The radial nerve ...

The accessory nerve provides motor function (movement) to two muscles essential to neck and shoulder movement, the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and the trapezius, as well as to the larynx (voice box) and ...

Temporal arteries were prominent with strong, equal pulses; radial pulses were strong and equal ... revealed mild soft-tissue fullness surrounding the frontal branches of both superficial temporal ...

The Center for Brachial Plexus and Traumatic Nerve Injury at Hospital for Special Surgery is a nationally recognized resource for men and women of all ages, providing diagnostic and reconstructive ...

The vagus nerve is essential to many bodily processes, including digestion and a steady heart rate. Stimulating it could help prevent or stop chronic inflammation, which is linked to disease.

The jugulocarotid and vagal neurovascular bundle were dissected from the capsule of the mass, and the spinal nerve was preserved. The tumor was freed from the cervical vertebrae and pharynx. The ...

1 Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Mathildenstrasse 8, 80336 Munich, Germany 2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, 50931 Cologne, ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition characterized by pain coming from the trigeminal nerve, which starts near the top of the ear and splits in three, toward the eye, cheek and jaw. We have two ...