Surgery of peripheral nerves a case based approach is a concise single volume reference for managing the entire spectrum of peripheral nerve pathologies from brachial plexus injuries to lower extremity nerve entrapments it features 57 cases that are grouped in sections by anatomic location of the problem to aid rapid reference to topics of interest with one additional section that addresses the management of nerve tumors painful nerve conditions and other injuries and syndromes each . Peripheral nerves are running in the periphery and connect the brain and the myelon with the extremities and the body surface they can be temporarily or permanently damaged by trauma strain inflammation and tumors. Surgery of peripheral nerves a case based approach is a concise single volume reference for managing the entire spectrum of peripheral nerve pathologies from brachial plexus injuries to lower extremity nerve entrapments it features 57 cases that are grouped in sections by anatomic location of the problem to aid rapid reference to topics of interest with one additional section that addresses the management of nerve tumors painful nerve conditions and other injuries and syndromes each . Peripheral nerve surgery requires input from various specialists including neurosurgeons orthopaedic surgeons and plastic surgeons the peripheral nervous system refers to all the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord in practice these are usually nerves in your arms or legs