©2003 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi.10.1302/0301-620X.85B3.14147 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2003;85-B:313-8. Palsy of the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN) was first described by Tinel1 in 1918 under the title ‘Dissociated paralysis of the median nerve’. In 1948 Parsonage and Turner2 noted six examples of this syndrome in a review of 136 patients with neuralgic amyot...

The peripheral nervous system is photosensitive providing the scientific rationale for this study, which determines the efficacy and safety of laser light exposure in 30 cases with CTS. Nine joules of energy over five points (7-15 treatments) reversed CTS in 77% of cases with three-fold normalization of CMAP. A photobiologic response was seen in 80% of nerves. This unique and novel approach is ...

In the last 2 decades , reconstructive surgery for the deformities associated with leprosy has come into its own. However, surgery can rarely restore full range of movement or bring back lost sensation . In spite of sulphones and other antileprosy drugs, neuritis sometimes super­ venes, with resulting deformities and trophic ulceration. Many workers have tried to relieve the pain of ulnar neuri...

background: two main muscles studied in the hand for evaluation of median nerve injuries are opponens pollicis (op) and abductor pollicis brevis (apb). however, riché-cannieu communicating branch (rccb) may limit the use of these muscles in electrodiagnosis. this condition is confusing in the case of median nerve injuries. this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of rccb.   methods: ...

According to the literature, thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) secondary to the malunion of displaced fractures of the clavicle is rare. Various surgical methods, including simple neurolysis, resection of the first rib or clavicle and corrective osteotomy, have been reported. We report a case of TOS secondary to malunion of the clavicle that was treated by an anterior and middle scalenectomy witho...

UNLABELLED Pancreatic and other upper abdominal organ malignancies can produce intense visceral pain syndromes that are frequently treated with splanchnic nerve neurolysis (SNN) or celiac plexus neurolysis (CPN). Although commonly performed with either alcohol or phenol, there is scant literature on the comparative effectiveness, duration of benefit, and complication profile comparing the 2 age...