Practical Approaches to Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Abstract

Practical Approaches to Peripheral Nerve Surgery. E.C. Benzel (Editor). American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge, IL, 1990. Pages: 222. Price: $90.00 ($80.00 AANS members, $70.00 residents). The title of this volume, the ninth in the series Neurosurgical Topics, clearly states its aim. Dr. Benzel has achieved his goal, stated in his preface, of editing a compact, concise, practical treatise that is both a textbook and a general reference on the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral nerve entrapment and injuries. Although there are several detailed reference works currently available on peripheral nerve surgery, I am not aware of any other text that covers the field in a brief volume with such thorough detail. This multiauthor work is written by neurosurgeons and, as such, reflects a shared viewpoint strongly emphasizing the diagnostic criteria for and operative approaches to peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes, the most common peripheral nerve affliction seen...