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Nerve anatomy and nerve surgery

Studies of the nerves behind chronic pain, from the wrist and the base of the thumb to the neck and shoulder.

  • Neuroanatomical Analysis of the Carpus and the Base of the Thumb: Advancing Denervation-Based Interventions

    Watzig BF, Champagne L, Sekar M, Hui C, Cardinal J, Nulty S, Huynh T, Eisenberg M, Hustedt JW.

    Cureus. 2025 Jul 31;17(7):e89142.

    A dissection study of 10 cadaveric upper extremities that traced named nerve branches to the first carpometacarpal joint, radiocarpal joint, triangular fibrocartilage complex and distal radioulnar joint.

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  • Surgical fasciectomy of the trapezius muscle combined with neurolysis of the spinal accessory nerve; results and long-term follow-up in 30 consecutive cases of refractory chronic whiplash syndrome

    Nystrom NA, Champagne LP, Freeman M, Blix E.

    J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj. 2010 Apr 7;5:7.

    A series of 30 consecutive patients with refractory chronic whiplash syndrome, comparing disability scores for five symptoms before and one year after trapezius fasciectomy with spinal accessory nerve neurolysis.

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Summaries describe what each study examined. They are not a statement of the results of care with this practice, and individual outcomes vary.