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Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

Clinical Diagnosis and Management

  • This book features over 50 videos of examination and injection techniques, at least 2 per nerve
  • Contains "Pain Problems Index" to navigate by symptom
  • Includes anatomy, injection technique, and complications for each nerve

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Table of contents (77 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Peripheral Nerve Entrapments: General Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

      • Andrea M. Trescot, Daniel Krashin, Helen W. Karl
      Pages 3-10
    3. History and Physical Exam

      • Andrea M. Trescot, Daniel Krashin
      Pages 11-13
    4. Consequences of Peripheral Nerve Entrapment

      • Andrea M. Trescot, Daniel Krashin
      Pages 15-17
    5. Non-pharmacologic Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Entrapment

      • Helen W. Karl, Heather Tick, Kris A. Sasaki
      Pages 27-34
    6. Diagnostic Evaluation

      • Daniel Krashin, Andrea M. Trescot
      Pages 35-36
    7. Peripheral Nerve Entrapment: Injection Techniques

      • Andrea M. Trescot, Natalia Murinova
      Pages 37-44
    8. Neurolytic Techniques

      • Brett Lockman, Andrea M. Trescot, Daniel Krashin
      Pages 45-58
    9. Neuromodulation for Treatment of Nerve Entrapment Syndromes

      • Amitabh Gulati, Helen W. Karl, Tiffany Zhang, Andrea M. Trescot
      Pages 59-69
    10. Surgical Treatment of Nerve Entrapment Syndromes

      • Amitabh Gulati, Daniel Krashin, Helen W. Karl
      Pages 71-73
    11. Complications of Nerve Entrapment Injection

      • Daniel Krashin, Natalia Murinova
      Pages 85-91
  3. Headache

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-94
    2. Supraorbital Nerve Entrapment

      • Rafael Justiz, Andrea M. Trescot
      Pages 95-104
    3. Auriculotemporal Nerve Entrapment

      • Andrea M. Trescot, Esther Rawner
      Pages 105-115
    4. Great Auricular/Posterior Auricular Nerve Entrapment

      • Leonard Benton, Andrea M. Trescot
      Pages 117-126
    5. Greater Occipital Nerve Entrapment

      • Andrea M. Trescot, Esther Rawner, David M. Irwin
      Pages 127-147

About this book

Featured as a single volume, this is a comprehensive guide to possible nerve entrapment syndromes and their management. Each chapter covers a single nerve, or group of closely related nerves, and goes over the clinical presentation, anatomy, physical exam, differential diagnosis, contributing factors, injection techniques, neurolytic/surgical techniques, treatments of perpetuating factors, and complications. 


Nerve entrapments can occur throughout the body and cause headaches, chest pain, abdominal pain, pelvic pain, low back pain, and upper and lower extremity pain. As an example, one of the most common forms of nerve entrapment syndrome, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, affects roughly 1 in 20 people in the United States, and is only one of several types of entrapment syndromes possible for the median nerve. 


Chapters are also extensively illustrated and include 3D anatomical images. The additional online material enhances the book with more than 50 videos - at least 2 for each nerve. This enables readers to easily navigate the book. In addition to a conventional index it includes a “Pain Problems Index” for searching by symptom. Peripheral Nerve Entrapments: Clinical Diagnosis and Management is a long-needed resource for pain physicians, emergency room physicians, and neurologists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot

About the editor

Andrea M. Trescot, MD 
Medical Director - Pain and Headache Center
Anchorage, AK, USA 

Dr. Trescot is currently the Chair of the Education Committee of the World Institute of Pain. After 15 years of private practice, she joined academics as a professor and served as the Director of the pain fellowship programs for the University of Washington and the University of Florida/VA Pain Center, before she returned to private practice. She was President of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) from June 2007 to June 2008.  She coauthored the book Pain-Wise: A Patient’s Guide to Pain Management (Hatherleigh Press, 2011), and co-edited the 3 volumes of Pain Medicine & Interventional Pain Management – A Comprehensive Review (American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Publishing, 2011).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

  • Book Subtitle: Clinical Diagnosis and Management

  • Editors: Andrea M. Trescot

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27480-5Published: 29 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80151-3Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27482-9Published: 10 May 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 902

  • Number of Illustrations: 198 b/w illustrations, 887 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 189.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 249.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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