Peripheral nerve injuries in the pediatric population: a review of the literature. Part II: entrapment neuropathies
Autor: | Javier Robla Costales, Jaime A. Sanchez Lazaro, Mariano Socolovsky, David Robla Costales |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Adolescent Elbow Neurosurgical Procedures Mononeuropathy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Peripheral Nerve Injuries medicine Humans Carpal tunnel 030212 general & internal medicine Child Ulnar nerve Carpal tunnel syndrome business.industry Nerve Compression Syndromes Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Carpal Tunnel Syndrome medicine.anatomical_structure Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Entrapment Neuropathy Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery Chronic Pain business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Child's Nervous System. 35:37-45 |
ISSN: | 1433-0350 0256-7040 |
Popis: | Entrapment neuropathies are infrequent in children, and therefore remain unrecognized. The incidence of radial, median, and cubital mononeuropathies are all similar. Despite the rarity of such cases, extensive, albeit scattered, literature has accumulated concerning entrapment neuropathies in children. To the literature concerning entrapment neuropathies in children. A systematic review of the existing literature has been made. The management of chronic pediatric pain is very important in such patients to prevent youths from experiencing prolonged absences from school, sports, or other productive activities, and limit the psychological burden of chronic disease. Nonsurgical treatment of both cubital and carpal tunnel syndromes has been disappointing in pediatric patients, with only limited success; and, to date, there is no clear explanation for the outcome differences generated by nonsurgical management between adults and youths. Simple decompression of the ulnar nerve at the elbow also has much higher rates of failure in children than in adults. The presence of an entrapment neuropathy (specially carpal tunnel syndrome) in a pediatric-age patient should alert medical care providers to the potential of some underlying genetic condition or syndrome. |
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