ATLAS OF ANATOMY OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES. THE NERVES OF THE LIMBS – STUDENT EDITION

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
FOREWORD
ANATOMY PREAMBLE
ABOUT THIS BOOK
CONTENTS
General introduction
• Part I: Morphological and functional anatomy of the peripheral nerve
1. The normal nerve
1.1. General organisation of the peripheral nerve
1.2. Structure and physiology of the nerve
1.3. Schwann cell and myelinisation
1.4. Mechanical properties of the nerves
1.5. Peripheral nerve vascularization
1.6. Junction and neuromuscular transmission
1.7. Main synaptic formation mechanisms
2. The injured nerve
2.1. Physiology of the injured nerve
2.2. Nerve degeneration
2.3. Neuron recovery mechanisms
2.4. Conclusion
3. Embryological development of peripheral nerves
3.1. Growth of the pioneer fibres
3.2. Development of the segmental spinal nerves
4. Development of limb innervation
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Notion of motor innervation
4.3. Notion of cutaneous innervation
5. Limb innervation in adults
5.1. Origin of the nerves of the limb
5.2. Constitution of the nerves of the limb
6. The notion of plexus
• Part III: The brachial plexus
7. Morphological data
8. Relations of the brachial plexus
9. Morphological data — MRI
• Part IV: Nerves of the upper limb
10. The axillary nerve
10.1. Morphological data
10.2. Morphological data — Motor branches
10.3. Morphological data — Sensitive branches
10.4. Morphological data — Cross-sectional view
10.5. Morphological data — MRI
10.6. Morphological data — Overview
10.7. Pathology
11. The musculocutaneous nerve
11.1. Morphological data
11.2. Morphological data — Motor branches
11.3. Morphological data — Sensitive branches
11.4. Morphological data — Overview
11.5. Morphological data — Cross-sectional view
11.6. Morphological data — MRI
11.7. Pathology
12. The radial nerve
12.1. Morphological data
12.2. Morphological data in the arm and elbow
12.3. Morphological data in the forearm
12.4. Morphological data — Overview
12.5. Morphological data — Cross-sectional view
12.6. Morphological data — MRI
12.7. Pathology
13. The median nerve
13.1. Morphological data
13.2. Morphological data in the arm and elbow
13.3. Morphological data in the elbow
13.4. Morphological data in the forearm
13.5. Morphological data in the hand
13.6. Morphological data — Overview
13.7. Morphological data — Cross-sectional view
13.8. Morphological data — MRI
13.9. Pathology
14. The ulnar nerve
14.1. Morphological data
14.2. Morphological data in the arm and elbow
14.3. Morphological data in the elbow
14.4. Morphological data in the forearm
14.5. Morphological data in the hand
14.6. Morphological data — Overview
14.7. Morphological data — Cross-sectional view
14.8. Morphological data — MRI
14.9. Pathology
15. Other nerves
15.1. The suprascapular nerve
15.1.1. Morphological data
15.1.2. Morphological data — Cross-sectional view
15.1.3. Pathology
15.2. The long thoracic nerve
15.2.1. Morphological data
15.2.2. Morphological data — Cross-sectional view
15.2.3. Pathology.

A unique topographical guide to the 3D approach of the peripheral nerves An educational approach tailored for students based on a nerve classification261 outstanding 2D full-colour pictures

Additional Information
Original French edition published by Elsevier Masson SAS, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 2016

Author
Prof. Philippe Rigoard is a Senior surgeon and coordinator of the Spine & Neuromodulation Unit within the Neurosurgical Department, at the Poitiers University Hospital, in France. He is also an Honorary Consultant at St Thomas & Guy’s Hospital, Pain clinic, in London, UK, an Anatomy conference reader at the Human Morphology Institute, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Poitiers and a Researcher at the Inserm, CIC (Clinical Investigation Center) 802. He is research program director of the N3Lab, Neuromodulation & Neural Networks Lab in Poitiers.In parallel of studying anatomy and morphology at National Art Institute, Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1994-1996, he decided to enter into medicine. He received his medical degree as 1st Laureate of faculty of Medicine, Poitiers in 2006 and completed postgraduate medical training in spine surgery 2008 and a fellowship in functional neurosurgery in 2009.From 2002-2007 he also completed his PhD of Sciences, in Poitiers as well as several degrees including in Neuromuscular Diseases, acute pain, chronic pain and pain management in emergency conditions, microsurgical techniques and surgical robotics.His main research interest is neuromodulation and spine biomechanics. He has intensive scientific collaborations with several researchers worldwide, e.g., Dr. Kumar (Canada), Dr. Desai, Dr. North, Dr. Slavin (USA) and Dr. Al-Kaisy (UK). He is reviewer for many scientific journals and a member of several learnt societies, including the International Association for the Study of Pain, International Neuromodulation society, European Association of Neurosurgeons, French and North American Society of Spine Surgery. He has also published dozens of journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and has lectured at numerous conferences and symposia worldwide.