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CHRONIC COMPRESSION [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Entrapment and compressive neuropathies. The peripheral nerves are vulnerable to chronic compression or entrapment in a variety of sites. The most frequently encountered are median nerve compression at the wrist within the carpal tunnel (carpal tunnel syndrome); median nerve compression in the upper forearm; ulnar nerve compression in the hand (cubital tunnel syndrome), wrist, or at the elbow (tardy ulnar nerve palsy); tibial nerve compression behind the medial malleolus (tarsal tunnel syndrome); and peroneal nerve compression over the lateral fibular head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Morton (Maladie de). Douleur métatarsienne engendrée par une fibrose des fibres nerveuses inter-métatarsiennes due à une compression chronique.

CONT

L'IRM [l'imagerie par résonance magnétique] est indispensable à distance en cas de myélopathie secondaire par compression chronique de la moelle.

OBS

Référence de l'exemple : Traumatismes rachidiens et médullaires. C. Manelfe, I. Berry, A. Bonafe. Hôpital Purpan - Toulouse.

Spanish

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