Nerve compression syndrome

Classification according to ICD-10
G56	Upper extremity mononeuropathies
G57	Lower extremity mononeuropathies
G58	Other mononeuropathies
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Under a nerve compression syndrome refers to a chronic pressure injury to a peripheral nerve . This usually occurs in anatomically particularly exposed areas. Almost all nerve compression syndromes can be treated surgically very successfully and lead to a complete recovery of the nerve if the damage has not lasted too long.

Examples of nerve compression syndromes

Median nerve

• Carpal tunnel syndrome : Compression of the median nerve in the so-called carpal tunnel on the flexor side of the wrist (most common nerve compression syndrome)
• Pronator Teres Syndrome
• Anterior interosseous nerve syndrome

Ulnar nerve

• Cubital tunnel syndrome (anatomically incorrect: ulnar gutter syndrome, sulcus-ulnaris syndrome): Damage to the ulnar nerve in the area of ​​the elbow on the so-called "musician's bone"
• Loge de Guyon syndrome : damage to the ulnar nerve on the wrist

Radial nerve

• Wartenberg syndrome : Compression of the superficial branch of the radial nerve on the extensor side of the forearm on the side of the spokes

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

• Meralgia paraesthetica : Damage to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in the area of ​​the inguinal ligament

Tibial nerve

• Posterior tarsal tunnel syndrome : Compression of the tibial nerve in the tarsal tunnel on the medial edge of the foot
• Morton's metatarsalgia : Compression of an interdental nerve on the sole of the foot
• Baxter neuropathy : Compression of the inferior calcaneus nerve on the heel

Sciatic nerve

• Piriformis Syndrome

Deep fibular nerve

• Anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome : Compression of the sensitive terminal branch of the deep fibular nerve on the dorsum of the foot

Trochlear nerve

• Suspected of causing superior oblique myocymia

literature

• K. Bohndorf, H. Imhof, K. Wörtler: Radiological diagnosis of bones and joints. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-13-163213-5 , p. 498ff.
• H. Assmuss, G. Antoniadis (Ed.), Nerve Compression Syndrome . Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3642552113 , p. 98

Individual evidence

1. ↑ H. Assmuss, G. Antoniadis (Ed.): Nervenkompressionssyndrome . Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2015

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