TY  - CHAP
T1  - Nerve injury: Classification, clinical assessment, investigation, and management
T2  - Living Textbook of Hand Surgery
AU  - Hems, Tim
ED  - Böttcher, Richarda
AD  - Tim Hems, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Orthopaedic Surgery, Glasgow, United Kingdom, E-mail: t.e.j.hems@doctors.org.uk
N2  - Seddon’s classification of nerve injuries into three categories, neurapraxia, axonotmesis, and neurotmesis provides a basis for assessment, prognosis, and management. The clinical history and examination are paramount in assessing the extent and severity of nerve injury. Investigations, including neurophysiology testing and imaging with MRI or ultrasound, may give extra diagnostic information. Open nerve injuries require exploration and repair within a few days. Closed stretch or compression injuries may warrant early exploration or can be managed expectantly depending on the probability that nerves are disrupted. 
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/04/28
DO  - 10.5680/lhhs000030
LA  - en
L1  - https://books.publisso.de/en/system/getFile/162
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhhs000030
L2  - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhhs000030
PB  - German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
CY  - Cologne
ER  -