Surgery of peripheral nerves a case based approach is a concise single volume reference for managing the entire spectrum of peripheral nerve pathologies from brachial plexus injuries to lower extremity nerve entrapments it features 57 cases that are grouped in sections by anatomic location of the problem to aid rapid reference to topics of interest with one additional section that addresses the management of nerve tumors painful nerve conditions and other injuries and syndromes each . Peripheral nerve surgery offers hope historically the field of peripheral nerve surgery has been primarily focused on improving outcomes in patients who have suffered serious injury to important motor nerves motor nerve are the nerves responsible for movement in other words the primary focus has been on restoring function usually to the arm or hand after a serious injury to one or more motor nerves the irony of this is that the vast majority of patients with a peripheral nerve injury . Surgery of peripheral nerves a case based approach is a concise single volume reference for managing the entire spectrum of peripheral nerve pathologies from brachial plexus injuries to lower extremity nerve entrapments it features 57 cases that are grouped in sections by anatomic location of the problem to aid rapid reference to topics of interest with one additional section that addresses the management of nerve tumors painful nerve conditions and other injuries and syndromes each . Because trauma is responsible for peripheral nerve injuries requiring operative treatment it is understandable that times of war have produced most of the knowledge upon which the principies of peripheral nerve surgery is based